We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,047 of its 1,248 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Baghdad accounted for 439 of Iraq's 1,047 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (873 stories). Building collapse was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
832 of its 2,419 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 210 of Johannesburg's 289 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (319 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
192 of its 747 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and flooding.
160 of its 195 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Juba accounted for 64 of South Sudan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
210 of its 310 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jammu accounted for 117 of Kashmir's 210 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
955 of its 3,203 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 465 of Paris' 801 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Raqqa accounted for 353 of Syria's 700 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
231 of its 473 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 69 of Budapest's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (110 stories).
33 of its 57 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Japan (105 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); rubella in Romania (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Sierra Leone (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Syria (73 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 53,152 stories about harm among 263,921 counted on 28 Mar.
20 in every 100 of the day's 263,921 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 28 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, 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 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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