We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
512 of its 928 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kandy accounted for 403 of Sri Lanka's 512 stories about harm, carried by 297 outlets. 258 of Kandy's 403 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (165 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
991 of its 1,220 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ghouta accounted for 794 of Syria's 991 stories about harm, carried by 562 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (140 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
266 of its 391 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Vienna accounted for 222 of Austria's 266 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
129 of its 255 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
203 of its 256 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. San Salvador accounted for 141 of el Salvador's 203 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
368 of its 406 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (334 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
54 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Malaria was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
81 of its 192 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
240 of its 1,210 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
490 of its 2,248 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with typhoon.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Sierra Leone (53 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Angola (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (60 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (1449 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 47,737 stories about harm among 233,401 counted on 7 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 233,401 stories, below the usual 22. On 7 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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