We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,384 of its 1,671 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Ghouta accounted for 1,020 of Syria's 1,384 stories about harm, carried by 640 outlets. 591 of Ghouta's 1,020 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (449 stories). Flooding was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
136 of its 188 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 91 of Senegal's 136 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
180 of its 322 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kathmandu accounted for 158 of Nepal's 180 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
172 of its 568 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (113 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 65 of Yemen's 89 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Diphtheria was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
229 of its 321 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Siem Reap accounted for 112 of Cambodia's 229 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (117 stories).
85 of its 130 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cholera was named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
160 of its 349 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
136 of its 263 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
18 of its 33 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 6 of Asmara's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Bhutan (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (43 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 46,160 stories about harm among 222,859 counted on 15 Mar.
In Haiti's news, mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 222,859 stories, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 15 March 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Syria, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 76% is usual.
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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