We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
67 of its 86 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Khartoum accounted for 47 of Sudan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 40 of Khartoum's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 182 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
103 of its 218 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 69 of Iran's 103 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 33 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
50 of its 63 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 9 of Aung Hlaing's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
229 of its 525 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 31 of Sharpeville's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 98 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
934 of its 2,956 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
594 of its 1,985 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Plane crash was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and heavy rain.
40 of its 76 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tunis accounted for 32 of Tunisia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in Malawi (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in China (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in US (182 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 16,901 stories about harm among 75,231 counted on 21 Mar.
For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 75,231 stories, as usual. On 21 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 22 today. In Sudan, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% 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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