We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
710 of its 843 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 436 of Afghanistan's 710 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
237 of its 407 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Warsaw accounted for 219 of Poland's 237 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. 170 of Warsaw's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
92 of its 222 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
738 of its 2,653 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
284 of its 536 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kandy accounted for 194 of Sri Lanka's 284 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 114 of Kandy's 194 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories).
93 of its 215 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
82 of its 121 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
129 of its 184 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Juba accounted for 103 of South Sudan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Hunger was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
574 of its 1,640 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Drought was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (102 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Ireland (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Congo (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (65 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 44,052 stories about harm among 218,274 counted on 9 Mar.
In South Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 218,274 stories, below the usual 22. Afghanistan's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 60%. On 9 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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