We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
209 of its 344 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Hurghada accounted for 179 of Egypt's 209 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Drownings were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
149 of its 314 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Istanbul accounted for 93 of Türkiye's 149 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. 69 of Istanbul's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
110 of its 325 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Amsterdam accounted for 89 of the Netherlands' 110 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories).
25 of its 61 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Poisoning was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
206 of its 533 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Wildfires were named in 139 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
28 of its 51 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Seeiso accounted for 23 of Lesotho's 28 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
54 of its 123 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
273 of its 622 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 123 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Juba accounted for 47 of South Sudan's 74 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
79 of its 110 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in South Korea (139 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Russia (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Taiwan (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 17,550 stories about harm among 101,381 counted on 27 Mar.
Egypt stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 101,381 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 27 March 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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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