We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
57 of its 108 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Amman accounted for 45 of Jordan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 105 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 35 of Kashmir's 55 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
157 of its 367 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Moscow accounted for 107 of Russia's 157 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories).
Yangon accounted for 68 of Myanmar's 120 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. 67 of Yangon's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 49 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Almaty accounted for 31 of Kazakhstan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,339 of its 3,885 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Herat accounted for 44 of Afghanistan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
42 of its 78 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
42 of its 62 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories).
24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Italy (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Philippines (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in China (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in US (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 14,371 stories about harm among 53,302 counted on 13 Mar.
Jordan's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 53,302 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy's news mentioned outbreaks about three times as often as usual. On 13 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 27 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 much harsher 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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