We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
712 of its 813 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Abidjan accounted for 680 of Côte d’Ivoire's 712 stories about harm, carried by 734 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (672 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
99 of its 161 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Caracas accounted for 90 of Venezuela's 99 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
171 of its 655 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (72 stories). Avalanche was named in 126 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
214 of its 509 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 102 of Sao Paulo's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
382 of its 841 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (161 stories). Meningitis was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,292 of its 1,654 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ankara accounted for 880 of Türkiye's 1,292 stories about harm, carried by 817 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (613 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
107 of its 119 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kidal accounted for 66 of Mali's 107 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
502 of its 1,161 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (120 stories). Polio was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
150 of its 319 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Accidents were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
29 of its 43 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Singapore (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Greece (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Malaysia (94 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Sri Lanka (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Peru (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 30,658 stories about harm among 130,457 counted on 13 Mar.
In Côte d’Ivoire, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Italy's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 130,457 news stories 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 harsher 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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