We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
412 of its 739 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kandy accounted for 331 of Sri Lanka's 412 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (107 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
471 of its 660 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Copenhagen accounted for 446 of Denmark's 471 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (336 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
102 of its 114 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Bujumbura accounted for 97 of Burundi's 102 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 60 of Bujumbura's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (102 stories).
36 of its 44 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.
290 of its 506 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 251 of Austria's 290 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
427 of its 710 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 129 of Tehran's 253 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 125 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 16 of Riga's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
128 of its 133 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
161 of its 292 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Diphtheria was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv, malaria and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
125 of its 427 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (85 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Albania (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Colombia (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Trinidad & Tobago (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Fiji (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Antarctica (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 44,844 stories about harm among 219,743 counted on 8 Mar.
Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Albania's news. of the day's 219,743 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. the news turned to Sri Lanka for the second day running. Sri Lanka's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. On 8 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.
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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