We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
260 of its 339 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Phnom Penh accounted for 105 of Cambodia's 260 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. 60 of Phnom Penh's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (152 stories).
124 of its 268 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Copenhagen accounted for 113 of Denmark's 124 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 104 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kenema accounted for 72 of Sierra Leone's 80 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
56 of its 61 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
488 of its 529 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Tunis accounted for 342 of Tunisia's 488 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
736 of its 823 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Mogadishu accounted for 636 of Somalia's 736 stories about harm, carried by 671 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (625 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
260 of its 665 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 64 of Dhaka's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (149 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
120 of its 212 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 37 of Kiev's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (44 stories).
43 of its 69 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 5 of Guatemala City's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories).
595 of its 2,593 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Power cuts were named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Peru (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Malaysia (95 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in Finland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Vietnam (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 48,930 stories about harm among 252,338 counted on 8 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 252,338 stories, as 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 much 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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