We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
70 of its 156 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 70 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Beirut accounted for 27 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 27 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Food poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. 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.
28 of its 114 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 18 of Amsterdam's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 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.
22 of its 35 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. the Red Sea accounted for 21 of Djibouti's 22 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 88 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tehran accounted for 37 of Iran's 52 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
21 of its 63 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 3 of Colombo's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
24 of its 85 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
210 of its 697 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Moscow accounted for 78 of Russia's 144 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Australia (80 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Kenya (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in India (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in US (24 of its stories, about 4 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 9,397 stories about harm among 54,689 counted on 10 Mar.
On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 54,689 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Indonesia. Indonesia stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. This week the news turned most often to Djibouti, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 harsher 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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