We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
52 of its 64 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tunis accounted for 47 of Tunisia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
72 of its 180 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 13 of Kastanies' 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
223 of its 336 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tehran accounted for 164 of Iran's 223 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 93 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories).
212 of its 299 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 140 of Afghanistan's 212 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
21 of its 99 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 7 of Cotton Tree's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
191 of its 332 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 38 of Riyadh's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories).
121 of its 273 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 95 of Israel's 121 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 52 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 4 of Santiago's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
33 of its 63 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Palestine (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,098 stories about harm among 63,523 counted on 7 Mar.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 1 September 2019. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 63,523 stories, above the usual 22. Tunisia's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. For the second day running, the news turned to Tunisia.
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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