We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
237 of its 303 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 171 of Afghanistan's 237 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 146 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 57 of Kashmir's 97 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 47 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%.
4 of Algiers' 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
420 of its 714 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hepatitis and hiv.
3,992 of its 8,829 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tsunami was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
55 of its 113 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 161 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
73 of its 93 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
406 of its 1,014 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Venezuela (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Syria (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Somalia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 52,121 stories about harm among 128,197 counted on 26 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 41 in every 100 of the day's 128,197 stories, above the usual 32. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Venezuela's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running.
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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