We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
41 of its 48 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Conakry accounted for 34 of Guinea's 41 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 30 of Conakry's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 80 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Zagreb accounted for 52 of Croatia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (22 stories). Extreme cold was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
180 of its 276 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 135 of Afghanistan's 180 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Outbreaks were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 32 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
108 of its 146 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 53 of Bogota's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
183 of its 365 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Dubai accounted for 157 of the United Arab Emirates' 183 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
1,011 of its 1,794 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Poisoning was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
38 of its 60 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
41 of its 89 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 141 of Iran's 261 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Syria (41 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); measles in Sierra Leone (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Cuba (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Germany (26 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 46,221 stories about harm among 114,442 counted on 23 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 40 in every 100 of the day's 114,442 stories, above the usual 30. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 7 times their usual in Syria's news. In Guinea, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 March 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 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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