We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
235 of its 412 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. the Suez Canal accounted for 203 of Egypt's 235 stories about harm, carried by 539 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Storms were named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dust storm.
148 of its 278 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 35 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tahoua accounted for 17 of Niger's 33 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Yangon accounted for 72 of Myanmar's 127 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. 67 of Yangon's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 50 of Afghanistan's 94 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
56 of its 132 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Illness was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
136 of its 273 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
119 of its 308 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories).
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
18 of its 43 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 5 of Rabat's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Romania (45 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Australia (185 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Singapore (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 24,716 stories about harm among 97,583 counted on 24 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 97,583 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 24 March 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 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 about as 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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