We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
598 of its 989 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Cairo accounted for 399 of Egypt's 598 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Road crashes were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
5,520 of its 6,884 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Brussels accounted for 5,444 of Belgium's 5,520 stories about harm, carried by 2,363 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,802 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
208 of its 386 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 139 of Lebanon's 208 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (135 stories).
56 of its 275 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Oil spill was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
222 of its 774 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (132 stories). Dengue was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
58 of its 82 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Skopje accounted for 53 of North Macedonia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (54 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
181 of its 496 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
147 of its 482 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (65 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.
242 of its 274 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Srebrenica accounted for 183 of Bosnia's 242 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
182 of its 500 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Puerto Rico (56 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Somalia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in China (52 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 47,250 stories about harm among 205,823 counted on 25 Mar.
Of the day's 205,823 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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