We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
118 of its 202 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 118 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 196 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 8 of Hong Kong's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
54 of its 147 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Baku accounted for 46 of Azerbaijan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 231 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
87 of its 164 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 87 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. 35 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
503 of its 1,630 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). 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 (13 stories). Tornadoes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 50 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
26 of its 35 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 4 of Yangon's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
129 of its 493 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Ghana (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Japan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in US (80 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 19,679 stories about harm among 111,972 counted on 8 Mar.
Haiti's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,972 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today. Afghanistan stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%.
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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