We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
276 of its 327 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mogadishu accounted for 208 of Somalia's 276 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (262 stories). Cholera was named in 92 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
230 of its 323 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 26 of Manama's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 64 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Monrovia accounted for 37 of Liberia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
121 of its 311 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 105 of Austria's 121 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (112 stories).
227 of its 501 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 86 of Tsholotsho's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (119 stories). Drought was named in 115 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.
667 of its 1,267 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (268 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
238 of its 1,010 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 200 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 82 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 22 of Khartoum's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories).
125 of its 181 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Ras Lanuf accounted for 98 of Libya's 125 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (115 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Belgium (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Guyana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Canada (56 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in China (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 28,711 stories about harm among 131,621 counted on 5 Mar.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 131,621 stories, as usual. Mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual in Zimbabwe's news. A year earlier, on 5 March 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Somalia stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 72%. This week the news turned most often to el Salvador, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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