We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
36 of its 79 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 7 of Yangon's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
109 of its 323 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Riyadh accounted for 74 of Saudi Arabia's 109 stories about harm, carried by 219 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 grief-stricken as the world's.
97 of its 275 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
291 of its 1,401 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories). Tsunami was named in 174 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with earthquake, power cuts and train derailment. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 3 of Darfur's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
154 of its 378 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 115 of Iran's 154 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories).
73 of its 97 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 811 of Ukraine's 1,726 stories about harm, carried by 1,039 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
113 of its 177 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 54 of Afghanistan's 113 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (174 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); illness in Brazil (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Israel (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in India (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 19,687 stories about harm among 88,657 counted on 16 Mar.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 88,657 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. For the second day running, the news turned to Peru. Japan's news mentioned the tsunami about 10 times as often as usual. Peru's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%.
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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