We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
90 of its 120 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dakar accounted for 87 of Senegal's 90 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 57 of Dakar's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
124 of its 133 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Bujumbura accounted for 88 of Burundi's 124 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Malaria was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
91 of its 158 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Earthquake was named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
201 of its 290 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 166 of Palestine's 201 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 155 of Ramallah's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
486 of its 533 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Mogadishu accounted for 331 of Somalia's 486 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (273 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
193 of its 225 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. 13 of Guatemala City's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
234 of its 843 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories). Wildfires were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
533 of its 594 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
110 of its 118 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Ngombe accounted for 90 of Congo's 110 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Chile (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bird flu in Nepal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Taiwan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Vietnam (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in India (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 47,320 stories about harm among 230,985 counted on 13 Mar.
Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Myanmar's news. of the day's 230,985 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Senegal stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%. A year earlier, on 13 March 2016, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 softer 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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