We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
322 of its 1,175 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 52 of Mexico City's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (36 stories). Road crashes were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
107 of its 135 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 75 of Somalia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 105 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Ashgabat accounted for 63 of Turkmenistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 122 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
1,808 of its 3,463 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (485 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 83 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Zagreb accounted for 50 of Croatia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Snowstorms were named in 52 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
421 of its 883 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ho Chi Minh City accounted for 302 of Vietnam's 421 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (364 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Ghouta accounted for 609 of Syria's 807 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (358 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
389 of its 1,178 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 156 of Madrid's 245 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (254 stories).
131 of its 165 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Croatia (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Romania (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Uganda (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Malawi (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in South Africa (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 42,586 stories about harm among 208,633 counted on 23 Mar.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 208,633 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Croatia's news mentioned snowstorms about three times as often as usual. On 23 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 20 today. In Mexico, 27% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% 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 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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