We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
265 of its 479 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Larnaca accounted for 229 of Cyprus' 265 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Road crashes were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
88 of its 128 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Algiers accounted for 80 of Algeria's 88 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. 48 of Algiers' 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
942 of its 1,907 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
125 of its 395 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). 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.
260 of its 456 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Budapest accounted for 242 of Hungary's 260 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
749 of its 1,274 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 288 of Ramallah's 415 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (530 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,107 of its 1,830 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 387 of Jerusalem's 550 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (408 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
366 of its 565 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Bangui accounted for 301 of the Central African Republic's 366 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
127 of its 160 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
175 of its 286 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Romania (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Poland (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Sweden (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Fiji (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); west nile virus in French Polynesia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 54,606 stories about harm among 262,622 counted on 31 Mar.
In Romania's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 262,622 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Cyprus. In Cyprus, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.
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 about as 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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