We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Tehran accounted for 120 of Iran's 231 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 89 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 16 of Bogota's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%.
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
71 of its 81 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
474 of its 913 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
97 of its 213 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
3,204 of its 5,923 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires.
179 of its 327 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
110 of its 179 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 82 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Africa (75 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Syria (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Armenia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Russia (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Yemen (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 50,800 stories about harm among 125,925 counted on 24 Mar.
40 in every 100 of the day's 125,925 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 31. In South Africa's news, mentions of HIV ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 25 March 2019, 19 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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