We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 77 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dakar accounted for 35 of Senegal's 53 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 25 of Dakar's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
290 of its 409 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Baghdad accounted for 201 of Iraq's 290 stories about harm, carried by 496 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
506 of its 1,016 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
129 of its 285 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 39 of Afghanistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 47 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 60 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
59 of its 98 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 48 of Ethiopia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 62 of Myanmar's 128 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. 58 of Yangon's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Iceland (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Cyprus (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); helicopter crash in Türkiye (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Canada (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 23,505 stories about harm among 94,618 counted on 5 Mar.
In Senegal, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 94,618 stories, below the usual 26. A year earlier, on 5 March 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 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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