We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
275 of its 413 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Prague accounted for 253 of the Czechia's 275 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
331 of its 366 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 291 of Somalia's 331 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
200 of its 1,016 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 91 of Seoul's 144 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 214 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
278 of its 403 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Extreme cold was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
173 of its 490 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Rabies was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Ghouta accounted for 722 of Syria's 897 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (309 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
462 of its 857 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
191 of its 392 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Indonesia (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Uganda (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Brazil (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Thailand (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Iraq (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 47,102 stories about harm among 224,674 counted on 22 Mar.
Czechia stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 224,674 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Indonesia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. On 22 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 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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