We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,878 of its 2,742 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,149 of Israel's 1,878 stories about harm, carried by 543 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (882 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
30 of its 33 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Koror accounted for 30 of Palau's 30 stories about harm, carried by 2 outlets. Oil spill was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
256 of its 955 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Storms were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
109 of its 249 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 28 of Alberto Fujimori's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).
347 of its 392 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Tunis accounted for 214 of Tunisia's 347 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 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.
709 of its 776 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 558 of Somalia's 709 stories about harm, carried by 470 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (660 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 308 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories). Natural hazards were named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
64 of its 200 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
72 of its 91 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. 24 of Tegucigalpa's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 39 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Puerto Rico (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Romania (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chickenpox in Guadeloupe (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Thailand (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in Malaysia (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 50,727 stories about harm among 266,299 counted on 9 Mar.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 266,299 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the chikungunya about 4 times as often as usual. Israel's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%.
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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