We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
97 of its 109 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Srebrenica accounted for 74 of Bosnia's 97 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 58 of Srebrenica's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
834 of its 2,479 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (349 stories). Hepatitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
207 of its 844 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
186 of its 964 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (126 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
87 of its 114 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Bamako accounted for 62 of Mali's 87 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
709 of its 1,304 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 663 of Argentina's 709 stories about harm, carried by 591 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (271 stories).
211 of its 563 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 104 of Hanoi's 144 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories).
83 of its 95 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Bujumbura accounted for 68 of Burundi's 83 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
238 of its 646 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
9,973 of its 13,524 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Brussels accounted for 9,838 of Belgium's 9,973 stories about harm, carried by 3,206 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (92 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in China (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 58,946 stories about harm among 258,670 counted on 23 Mar.
Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about 5 times as often as usual. Bosnia's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. of the day's 258,670 news stories, 23 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 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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