We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
254 of its 275 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mandalay accounted for 204 of Myanmar's 254 stories about harm, carried by 474 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (158 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 72 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 28 of Nepal's 37 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 21 of Kathmandu's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 250 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
232 of its 365 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bangkok accounted for 206 of Thailand's 232 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 154 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Istanbul accounted for 52 of Türkiye's 77 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 42 of Istanbul's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
87 of its 92 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tongatapu accounted for 53 of Tonga's 87 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories).
108 of its 168 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 63 of Palestine's 108 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Canada (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (23 of its stories, about 5 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 9,301 stories about harm among 48,939 counted on 30 Mar.
Mexico's news mentioned outbreaks more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 48,939 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Myanmar and Thailand. Myanmar stood out: 92% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 68%. A year earlier, on 30 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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