We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
662 of its 694 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Srebrenica accounted for 386 of Bosnia's 662 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
97 of its 169 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 28 of Yangon's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (56 stories).
68 of its 132 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Luanda accounted for 61 of Angola's 68 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (63 stories).
312 of its 1,145 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (138 stories). Dengue was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
104 of its 115 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Abidjan accounted for 101 of Côte d’Ivoire's 104 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 62 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Bujumbura accounted for 44 of Burundi's 51 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
373 of its 1,845 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (241 stories). House fires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
240 of its 583 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 226 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
701 of its 1,731 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Buenos Aires accounted for 613 of Argentina's 701 stories about harm, carried by 479 outlets. 334 of Buenos Aires' 613 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Czechia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Yemen (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Sudan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Saudi Arabia (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 54,661 stories about harm among 249,332 counted on 24 Mar.
Mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual in the Czechia's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Bosnia. Bosnia stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 53%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 249,332 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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