We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
257 of its 308 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kenema accounted for 229 of Sierra Leone's 257 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (204 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 123 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
760 of its 791 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tunis accounted for 596 of Tunisia's 760 stories about harm, carried by 464 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 151 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 695 of Israel's 1,153 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. 501 of Jerusalem's 695 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories).
114 of its 236 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bolivar accounted for 87 of Venezuela's 114 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
650 of its 915 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Baghdad accounted for 331 of Iraq's 650 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 60 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
128 of its 243 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
36 of its 38 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
581 of its 1,496 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (291 stories). Meningitis was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Niger (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Ireland (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Ecuador (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Vietnam (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 43,960 stories about harm among 228,883 counted on 7 Mar.
In Niger's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 228,883 stories, below the usual 20. Sierra Leone's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.
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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