We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
719 of its 1,052 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kathmandu accounted for 676 of Nepal's 719 stories about harm, carried by 621 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (359 stories). Plane crash was named in 450 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 91 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 27 of Panama City's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 100 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Drought was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
205 of its 243 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 119 of Yemen's 205 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
107 of its 131 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Zagreb accounted for 91 of Croatia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Landslides were named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
1,151 of its 1,350 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ghouta accounted for 774 of Syria's 1,151 stories about harm, carried by 533 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (254 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
222 of its 288 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,194 of its 1,818 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (391 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
68 of its 118 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
39 of its 72 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Croatia (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (873 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Sierra Leone (76 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in Namibia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Grenada (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 46,104 stories about harm among 210,288 counted on 13 Mar.
Croatia's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 210,288 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Nepal. Nepal stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 13 March 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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 about as 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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