We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
48 of its 106 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Jammu accounted for 29 of Kashmir's 48 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
117 of its 145 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Aleppo accounted for 105 of Syria's 117 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 102 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 32 of Haiti's 65 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Food poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
251 of its 517 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Covid was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 50 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Gaborone accounted for 26 of Botswana's 38 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories).
84 of its 317 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Earthquake was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Moscow accounted for 320 of Russia's 429 stories about harm, carried by 475 outlets. Bridge collapse was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 33 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Madagascar (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in South Africa (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Spain (14 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flu in Italy (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 Mar. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 16,451 stories about harm among 92,654 counted on 29 Mar.
Greece's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,654 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kashmir, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. On 30 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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