We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
282 of its 825 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Paris accounted for 175 of France's 282 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 37 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
66 of its 130 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Beirut accounted for 49 of Lebanon's 66 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. 29 of Beirut's 49 stories were about protests or strikes.
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 5 of Brazzaville's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Yangon accounted for 61 of Myanmar's 106 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. 60 of Yangon's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
50 of its 121 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 22,322 stories about harm among 91,348 counted on 19 Mar.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 8 February 2021. On 19 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 40 in every 100, against 24 today. France stood out: 34% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 24 in every 100 of the day's 91,348 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26.
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 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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