We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
216 of its 355 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dhaka accounted for 78 of Bangladesh's 216 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
697 of its 2,190 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (68 stories). Flooding was named in 245 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of Yangon's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 64 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 65 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reykjavik accounted for 25 of Iceland's 51 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.
125 of its 267 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
15 of its 29 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 4 of Campohermoso's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
41 of its 93 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
288 of its 822 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 177 of Russia's 288 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets.
17 of its 34 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in New Zealand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in India (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in UK (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in US (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 25,054 stories about harm among 96,826 counted on 23 Mar.
Of the day's 96,826 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 23 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 40 in every 100, against 26 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 26 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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