We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
313 of its 639 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Peshawar accounted for 188 of Pakistan's 313 stories about harm, carried by 398 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Philippine accounted for 74 of the Philippines' 214 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding.
61 of its 164 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Casablanca's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
1,473 of its 5,735 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (121 stories). Tsunami was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 867 of Ukraine's 2,125 stories about harm, carried by 959 outlets. Tsunami was named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and tornadoes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 136 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
48 of its 144 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (117 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Ukraine (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Russia (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); train derailment in US (33 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 18,907 stories about harm among 82,501 counted on 4 Mar.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. 23 in every 100 of the day's 82,501 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. On 4 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 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 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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