We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 89 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Amman accounted for 37 of Jordan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 73 of Myanmar's 131 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. 68 of Yangon's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
101 of its 125 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (42 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 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. la Paz accounted for 17 of Bolivia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
110 of its 319 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Almaty accounted for 19 of Kazakhstan's 20 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories).
39 of its 83 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
1,333 of its 3,660 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (199 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
98 of its 182 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 98 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets.
55 of its 113 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in US (42 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 12,332 stories about harm among 44,265 counted on 14 Mar.
In Jordan, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 44,265 stories, above the usual 26. It was the second day running that the news turned to Jordan. In the US's news, mentions of the avalanche ran about three times their usual. On 14 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 36 in every 100, against 28 today. This week the news turned most often to Myanmar, on 4 of 7 days.
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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