We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 41 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Malabo accounted for 28 of Equatorial Guinea's 38 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 54 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dakar accounted for 31 of Senegal's 41 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 25 of Dakar's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 79 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tunis accounted for 32 of Tunisia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
94 of its 198 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 42 of Iran's 94 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
126 of its 344 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 34 of Mexico City's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 115 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 88 of Myanmar's 118 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 84 of Yangon's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 21 of Yemen's 39 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
98 of its 212 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
142 of its 502 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Venezuela (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Syria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 24,180 stories about harm among 95,867 counted on 9 Mar.
Tunisia's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 95,867 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the third day running, the news turned to Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%. A year earlier, on 9 March 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 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 about as 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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