We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
338 of its 523 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 152 of Afghanistan's 338 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
340 of its 599 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Seoul accounted for 146 of South Korea's 340 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
143 of its 379 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 17 of Lesbos' 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
19 of its 68 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
213 of its 422 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
424 of its 663 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 234 of Iran's 424 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 20 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 105 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).
143 of its 297 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jakarta accounted for 75 of Indonesia's 143 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets.
1,837 of its 5,767 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ethiopia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Brazil (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (77 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (699 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 30,641 stories about harm among 124,427 counted on 4 Mar.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Ethiopia's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Afghanistan. of the day's 124,427 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.
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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