We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 55 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tunis accounted for 20 of Tunisia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Dakar accounted for 18 of Senegal's 28 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 15 of Dakar's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 28 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
87 of its 210 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 50 of Myanmar's 86 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 48 of Yangon's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 108 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 29 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
5 of Isa Town's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
121 of its 274 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
47 of its 119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Yemen (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Myanmar (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Japan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in China (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 24,812 stories about harm among 99,441 counted on 10 Mar.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Tunisia. of the day's 99,441 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. Yemen's news mentioned outbreaks about 8 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 March 2020, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. In Tunisia, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual.
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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