We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
58 of its 96 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dakar accounted for 58 of Senegal's 58 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 56 of Dakar's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
270 of its 585 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (224 stories). Flu was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
133 of its 171 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Managua accounted for 116 of Nicaragua's 133 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories).
51 of its 70 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
102 of its 155 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. les Cayes accounted for 83 of Haiti's 102 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 79 of les Cayes' 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Hurricane was named in 87 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
49 of its 206 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 37 of Skopje's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
585 of its 1,057 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Pyongyang accounted for 414 of North Korea's 585 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
164 of its 269 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
209 of its 454 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (150 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.
130 of its 163 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Haiti (87 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Sudan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Brazil (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 60,295 stories about harm among 294,633 counted on 1 Mar.
Senegal's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 294,633 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Haiti's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 1 March 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over February, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in February 2016.
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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