We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
450 of its 499 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Sanaa accounted for 169 of Yemen's 450 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
210 of its 307 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Khartoum accounted for 130 of Sudan's 210 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
287 of its 545 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bangkok accounted for 242 of Thailand's 287 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (217 stories).
39 of its 93 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 28 of Georgetown's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).
350 of its 914 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (37 stories). Food poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.
88 of its 100 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mopti accounted for 59 of Mali's 88 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
787 of its 1,212 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jerusalem accounted for 476 of Israel's 787 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (117 stories).
102 of its 266 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
94 of its 133 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 33 of Agua Zarca's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 110 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Egypt (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Guam (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Colombia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in French Polynesia (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 30,093 stories about harm among 147,489 counted on 5 Mar.
Egypt's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 147,489 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Yemen. Yemen stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 75%.
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 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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