We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
302 of its 557 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bangkok accounted for 259 of Thailand's 302 stories about harm, carried by 473 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (165 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
111 of its 157 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Vilnius accounted for 49 of Lithuania's 111 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories).
32 of its 69 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 16 of Kathmandu's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
92 of its 458 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories).
278 of its 322 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mandalay accounted for 246 of Myanmar's 278 stories about harm, carried by 561 outlets. Landslides were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with power cuts, heavy rain and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 69 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 115 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
122 of its 384 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 85 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Sanaa accounted for 30 of Yemen's 56 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Japan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Canada (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (34 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in Australia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in India (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 15,513 stories about harm among 85,410 counted on 31 Mar.
Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 85,410 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Thailand stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 31 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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