We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
370 of its 844 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lahore accounted for 151 of Pakistan's 370 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 98 of Lahore's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
111 of its 132 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (47 stories). Cyclone was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, tropical storm and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 79 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tigray accounted for 31 of Ethiopia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
58 of its 101 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 33 of Afghanistan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 47 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 29 of Syria's 62 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
30 of its 56 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 15 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. 11 of Dakar's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.
18 of Tehran's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 70 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Türkiye (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Mozambique (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Argentina (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Syria (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 14,570 stories about harm among 79,525 counted on 15 Mar.
18 in every 100 of the day's 79,525 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 15 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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