We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
111 of its 161 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Pastaza accounted for 84 of Ecuador's 111 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (105 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
742 of its 1,004 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Brussels accounted for 700 of Belgium's 742 stories about harm, carried by 623 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (549 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
223 of its 590 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 90 of Skien's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (194 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
362 of its 392 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Grand Bassam accounted for 284 of Côte d’Ivoire's 362 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,135 of its 2,930 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (407 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
404 of its 1,234 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Pyongyang accounted for 384 of North Korea's 404 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (270 stories).
67 of its 78 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Bururi accounted for 52 of Burundi's 67 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
75 of its 225 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
972 of its 2,207 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Peru (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in New Zealand (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Brazil (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Poland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 49,131 stories about harm among 261,097 counted on 16 Mar.
In Ecuador, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Brazil. Mentions of meningitis ran about 4 times their usual in Malaysia's news. of the day's 261,097 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below 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 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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