We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
563 of its 988 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Caracas accounted for 478 of Venezuela's 563 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. 443 of Caracas' 478 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (362 stories). Landslides were named in 369 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
98 of its 132 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Tetovo accounted for 98 of North Macedonia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Food poisoning was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.
67 of its 76 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Srebrenica accounted for 63 of Bosnia's 67 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
165 of its 236 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Minsk accounted for 157 of Belarus' 165 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
241 of its 420 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 204 of Palestine's 241 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. 114 of Ramallah's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories).
302 of its 810 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 210 of Jakarta's 231 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Flooding was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
208 of its 272 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Meningitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
162 of Raqqa's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,046 of its 1,966 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 368 of Seoul's 699 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (209 stories).
1,153 of its 2,084 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (655 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Korea (170 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Fiji (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (84 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Japan (140 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 53,853 stories about harm among 256,290 counted on 31 Mar.
Mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in North Macedonia's news. of the day's 256,290 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Venezuela stood out: 57% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. A year earlier, on 31 March 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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