We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
193 of its 249 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 160 of Haiti's 193 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (174 stories). Cholera was named in 183 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
120 of its 201 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Georgetown accounted for 109 of Guyana's 120 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 100 of Georgetown's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 178 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Hunger was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
602 of its 987 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 422 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires.
247 of its 292 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 90 of Agua Zarca's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Aleppo accounted for 472 of Syria's 1,098 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (404 stories). Power cuts were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
87 of its 189 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (57 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
218 of its 467 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
120 of its 462 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
111 of its 127 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Ouagadougou accounted for 108 of Burkina Faso's 111 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Cuba (47 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Angola (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Peru (20 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Norway (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 48,148 stories about harm among 263,893 counted on 3 Mar.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed in all 63 days held. of the day's 263,893 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Haiti's news mentioned the cholera more than ten times as often as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US. In Haiti, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% 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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