We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
140 of its 209 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Baghdad accounted for 102 of Iraq's 140 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
322 of its 483 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tehran accounted for 158 of Iran's 322 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
169 of its 467 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories).
36 of its 88 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 18 of Caracas' 23 stories were about protests or strikes.
53 of its 103 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Budapest accounted for 39 of Hungary's 53 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).
81 of its 203 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
133 of its 356 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
237 of its 539 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
358 of its 1,039 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Flu was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
2,554 of its 8,757 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). HIV was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in South Africa (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Israel (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 35,727 stories about harm among 124,134 counted on 11 Mar.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 4 August 2019. 29 in every 100 of the day's 124,134 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 12 March 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 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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