We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
142 of its 330 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
236 of its 452 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (95 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
387 of its 624 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Seoul accounted for 204 of South Korea's 387 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
375 of its 819 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
375 of its 553 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tehran accounted for 203 of Iran's 375 stories about harm, carried by 352 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
179 of its 348 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jakarta accounted for 119 of Indonesia's 179 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
38 of its 120 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
47 of its 122 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
128 of its 304 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 142 of Afghanistan's 241 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Germany (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Bahamas (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Thailand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Ghana (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 26,047 stories about harm among 106,518 counted on 2 Mar.
Greece's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. Greece's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 106,518 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 3 March 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 24 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 softer 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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