We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
217 of its 421 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tamaulipas accounted for 93 of Mexico's 217 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 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.
319 of its 825 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Hamburg accounted for 226 of Germany's 319 stories about harm, carried by 445 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 291 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 26 of Riyadh's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
102 of its 316 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tel Aviv accounted for 91 of Israel's 175 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 48 of Tel Aviv's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 47 of Iran's 70 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 25 of Tehran's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 9 of Baghdad's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 77 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tbilisi accounted for 42 of Georgia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 37 of Tbilisi's 42 stories were about protests or strikes.
28 of its 43 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Oil spill was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mozambique (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in India (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Iran (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in UK (95 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 14,814 stories about harm among 74,898 counted on 10 Mar.
In Mozambique's news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 74,898 stories, as usual. Mexico's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. A year earlier, on 10 March 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 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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