We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
261 of its 361 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tehran accounted for 118 of Iran's 261 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 147 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 18 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 6 of Algiers' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
45 of its 61 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%.
333 of its 740 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
874 of its 1,458 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 149 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
3,042 of its 5,940 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tsunami was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Saudi Arabia (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Russia (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in Nigeria (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in France (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in India (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 50,022 stories about harm among 123,792 counted on 20 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 40 in every 100 of the day's 123,792 stories, above the usual 28. It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed in all 1541 days held. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Saudi Arabia's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual.
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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