We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 206 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 54 of Bucharest's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Plague was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
337 of its 708 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 264 of Kenya's 337 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 146 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
200 of its 389 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kandy accounted for 118 of Sri Lanka's 200 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
315 of its 561 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dhaka accounted for 220 of Bangladesh's 315 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 196 of Dhaka's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (207 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
246 of its 483 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 201 of Iran's 246 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. 155 of Tehran's 201 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
188 of its 236 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
528 of its 917 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 433 of Israel's 528 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 290 of Jerusalem's 433 stories were about protests or strikes.
376 of its 980 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with cholera.
45 of its 72 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Flu was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Iran (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Zimbabwe (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Russia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 29,697 stories about harm among 128,605 counted on 10 Mar.
Abductions were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. 23 in every 100 of the day's 128,605 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. Romania stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news.
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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