We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Tehran accounted for 43 of Iran's 82 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 29 of Tehran's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 62 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cundinamarca accounted for 27 of Colombia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
83 of its 110 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
75 of its 107 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tripoli accounted for 45 of Libya's 75 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories).
20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Dakar accounted for 20 of Senegal's 20 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 17 of Dakar's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
78 of its 234 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Oil spill was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 51 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tigray accounted for 19 of Ethiopia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets.
65 of its 132 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 53 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Zealand (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Netherlands (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 14,291 stories about harm among 78,351 counted on 16 Mar.
In New Zealand's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 16 March 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. 18 in every 100 of the day's 78,351 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Iran, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% 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 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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