We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
309 of its 350 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 285 of Afghanistan's 309 stories about harm, carried by 468 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (233 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 3 of Lusaka's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
144 of its 203 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Beirut accounted for 105 of Lebanon's 144 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 95 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
456 of its 1,258 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
71 of its 140 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Baghdad accounted for 55 of Iraq's 71 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 125 of Israel's 288 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 43 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in UK (182 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in Cuba (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 15,465 stories about harm among 82,065 counted on 17 Mar.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 82,065 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and Lebanon. Mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual in Haiti's news. In Afghanistan, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 59% 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 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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