We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
265 of its 351 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Tehran accounted for 144 of Iran's 265 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Poisoning was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
155 of its 193 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 116 of Afghanistan's 155 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 15 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%.
548 of its 1,129 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (234 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 176 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
73 of its 108 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kathmandu accounted for 48 of Nepal's 73 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories).
151 of its 250 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
76 of its 139 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
412 of its 910 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Syria (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Venezuela (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in South Africa (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Japan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 50,343 stories about harm among 123,090 counted on 27 Mar.
41 in every 100 of the day's 123,090 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 32. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Syria's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 28 March 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 41 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 41 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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