We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
171 of its 377 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Buenos Aires accounted for 152 of Argentina's 171 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 94 of Buenos Aires' 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories).
378 of its 427 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 181 of Yemen's 378 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Hunger was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
74 of its 90 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Conakry accounted for 55 of Guinea's 74 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories).
27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
614 of its 3,260 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 116 of Dublin's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
105 of its 322 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 23 of Baku's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories).
70 of its 120 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
170 of its 490 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
142 of its 204 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
164 of its 776 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Hepatitis was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Peru (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Sri Lanka (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Zambia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Bahamas (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 47,537 stories about harm among 254,202 counted on 17 Mar.
Argentina stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 254,202 news stories 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 much 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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