We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
190 of its 286 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Amsterdam accounted for 105 of the Netherlands' 190 stories about harm, carried by 371 outlets. 56 of Amsterdam's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
58 of its 93 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 38 of Iran's 58 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Gaborone accounted for 23 of Botswana's 25 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).
Port-au-Prince accounted for 31 of Haiti's 40 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 83 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
30 of its 77 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories).
84 of its 241 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).
36 of its 101 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 4 of Victoria Harbour's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
17 of its 38 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories).
52 of its 104 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in United Arab Emirates (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Italy (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in US (178 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 10,568 stories about harm among 58,696 counted on 30 Mar.
The Netherlands' news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 58,696 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the Netherlands and Israel. A year earlier, on 31 March 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 much harsher than 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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