We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,053 of its 1,110 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Abidjan accounted for 962 of Côte d’Ivoire's 1,053 stories about harm, carried by 775 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
427 of its 475 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Suva Reka accounted for 333 of North Macedonia's 427 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (300 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
74 of its 101 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. la Paz accounted for 65 of Bolivia's 74 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
157 of its 238 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Manama accounted for 124 of Bahrain's 157 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 79 of Manama's 124 stories were about protests or strikes.
2,339 of its 2,972 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Ankara accounted for 1,848 of Türkiye's 2,339 stories about harm, carried by 1,040 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,204 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
383 of its 853 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (301 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 138 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
90 of its 266 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
395 of its 730 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Hunger was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 140 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (50 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 48,075 stories about harm among 228,139 counted on 14 Mar.
The news turned to Côte d’Ivoire for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 228,139 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Nicaragua's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 4 times their usual. Côte d’Ivoire stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.
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 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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