We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
87 of its 172 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 87 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 69 of Myanmar's 93 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 66 of Yangon's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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.
64 of its 128 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 150 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 114 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kigali accounted for 23 of Rwanda's 35 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
13 of its 15 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
24 of its 82 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in France (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in South Africa (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in China (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 23,810 stories about harm among 93,329 counted on 12 Mar.
Myanmar's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 26 in every 100 of the day's 93,329 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 12 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 26 today. Iran stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%.
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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