We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
114 of its 213 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Istanbul accounted for 76 of Türkiye's 114 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. 39 of Istanbul's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
444 of its 1,183 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Flooding was named in 217 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and power cuts.
51 of its 113 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 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.
13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
48 of its 105 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bangkok accounted for 34 of Thailand's 48 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. 22 of Bangkok's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
132 of its 314 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 26 of Sharpeville's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories).
Aleppo accounted for 33 of Syria's 68 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 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.
9 of Sanaa's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 29 of Myanmar's 52 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 29 of Yangon's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 54 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. the Reykjanes Peninsula accounted for 23 of Iceland's 41 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in US (67 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 11,918 stories about harm among 43,592 counted on 21 Mar.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US. 27 in every 100 of the day's 43,592 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. On 21 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 41 in every 100, against 27 today. Türkiye's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 3 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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