We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
159 of its 209 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Beirut accounted for 128 of Lebanon's 159 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
73 of its 142 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Colombo accounted for 53 of Sri Lanka's 73 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).
82 of its 249 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
125 of its 298 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kyiv accounted for 79 of Ukraine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).
87 of its 320 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dubai accounted for 77 of the United Arab Emirates' 87 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Typhoon was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 81 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
78 of its 247 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Helicopter crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding.
51 of its 165 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Kenya (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (171 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Australia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Iran (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 15,517 stories about harm among 83,715 counted on 6 Mar.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and Lebanon. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,715 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Lebanon. In Kenya's news, mentions of helicopter crash ran about 4 times their usual. Lebanon stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.
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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