We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
128 of its 144 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 13 of San Salvador's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
559 of its 853 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Harare accounted for 322 of Zimbabwe's 559 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (290 stories). Flooding was named in 272 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain and respiratory illness.
312 of its 472 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Pyongyang accounted for 208 of North Korea's 312 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
149 of its 187 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Bamako accounted for 99 of Mali's 149 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
258 of its 689 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 33 of Amsterdam's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
281 of its 454 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 117 of Marmelade's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (191 stories). Landslides were named in 191 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and flooding.
622 of its 2,352 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (308 stories). Meningitis was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles and whooping cough. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
153 of its 249 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 12 of Addis Ababa's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Rabies was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
120 of its 301 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 103 of Copenhagen's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 50 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 9 of Tashkent's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Haiti (191 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Ethiopia (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Liberia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tuberculosis in Kenya (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 55,907 stories about harm among 265,868 counted on 3 Mar.
Haiti's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 265,868 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In el Salvador, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 March 2016, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
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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