We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
111 of its 199 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 52 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 51 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Havana accounted for 15 of Cuba's 27 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
22 of its 71 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 9 of Sofia's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
32 of its 84 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Damascus accounted for 18 of Syria's 50 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 300 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
21 of its 69 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 69 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Phnom Penh accounted for 16 of Cambodia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets.
10 of its 21 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
17 of its 44 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (18 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); respiratory illness in Ukraine (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Russia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 17,361 stories about harm among 78,324 counted on 18 Mar.
For the second day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 78,324 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 18 March 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Iran, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.
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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