We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
681 of its 1,462 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 520 of Russia's 681 stories about harm, carried by 748 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Landslides were named in 75 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tripoli accounted for 18 of Libya's 28 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
125 of its 197 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 92 of Haiti's 125 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories).
13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Heatstroke was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
337 of its 901 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
62 of its 117 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 40 of Afghanistan's 62 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
127 of its 275 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Tsunami was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and volcanic eruption.
33 of its 59 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 66 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Plague was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in UK (522 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Syria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Egypt (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,485 stories about harm among 109,693 counted on 22 Mar.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,693 stories, as usual. Russia's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.
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 about as 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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