We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
323 of its 829 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Philippine accounted for 138 of the Philippines' 323 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (90 stories). Drownings were named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Ciudad Juarez accounted for 134 of Mexico's 242 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. 95 of Ciudad Juarez's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 80 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
42 of its 75 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kigali accounted for 22 of Rwanda's 42 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets.
17 of its 65 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 61 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. 3 of Manama's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
209 of its 862 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Respiratory illness was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
12 of its 15 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
44 of its 174 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Covid was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Chile (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Argentina (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (41 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Thailand (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 26,382 stories about harm among 139,580 counted on 30 Mar.
Mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual in Chile's news. of the day's 139,580 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 30 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. the Philippines' news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%.
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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