We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
722 of its 1,761 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Paris accounted for 503 of France's 722 stories about harm, carried by 491 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (238 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
307 of its 827 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Snowstorms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12,025 of its 49,599 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 1,975 of Chicago's 2,111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (326 stories). Plague was named in 97 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with oil spill and haemorrhagic fever.
77 of its 108 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
602 of its 816 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Baghdad accounted for 258 of Iraq's 602 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Tornadoes were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Freetown accounted for 29 of Sierra Leone's 35 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
53 of its 61 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tabanovce accounted for 46 of North Macedonia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 34 of Tabanovce's 46 stories were about protests or strikes.
308 of its 562 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
75 of its 225 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 50 of Helsingborg's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories).
960 of its 1,515 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jerusalem accounted for 452 of Israel's 960 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (94 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Tunisia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Taiwan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Greece (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 33,773 stories about harm among 150,445 counted on 12 Mar.
France's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 150,445 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.
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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