We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
758 of its 1,069 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ankara accounted for 521 of Türkiye's 758 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (407 stories). Food poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami and avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
168 of its 407 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories). Building collapse was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 79 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 11 of la Paz's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 115 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Dakar accounted for 76 of Senegal's 88 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
209 of its 287 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jammu accounted for 144 of Kashmir's 209 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
185 of its 199 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ouagadougou accounted for 163 of Burkina Faso's 185 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
687 of its 1,833 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Food poisoning was named in 255 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
49 of its 157 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 40 of Prague's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
68 of its 134 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in South Africa (255 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Tanzania (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Sierra Leone (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); bird flu in Bulgaria (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Ethiopia (30 of its stories, more than ten 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 39,792 stories about harm among 204,865 counted on 5 Mar.
Mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual in Poland's news. On 5 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. Türkiye stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 204,865 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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 much 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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