We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
438 of its 569 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 186 of Greece's 438 stories about harm, carried by 546 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (358 stories). Train derailment was named in 231 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 99 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Havana accounted for 41 of Cuba's 50 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Illness was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 44 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 23 of Somalia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tel Aviv accounted for 177 of Israel's 246 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 94 of Tel Aviv's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
35 of Tehran's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
43 of its 86 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Flu was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Extreme cold was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings, respiratory illness and snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 6 of Khartoum's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
34 of its 126 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 17 of Oslo's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Cambodia (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Iran (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Vanuatu (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); oil spill in Philippines (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 16,253 stories about harm among 82,024 counted on 1 Mar.
In Greece, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 82,024 stories, as usual. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. On 1 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today. Over February, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 in February 2022.
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 softer 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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