We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
855 of its 2,121 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 648 of France's 855 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 61 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 11 of Tashkent's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
109 of its 197 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Snowstorms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
142 of its 292 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
121 of its 155 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ubari accounted for 79 of Libya's 121 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
147 of its 215 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Naypyitaw accounted for 87 of Myanmar's 147 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
199 of its 347 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Oromo accounted for 154 of Ethiopia's 199 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. 117 of Oromo's 154 stories were about protests or strikes.
88 of its 199 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ebola was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,221 of its 4,147 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
689 of its 824 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Ghouta accounted for 542 of Syria's 689 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in North Korea (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Greece (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Poland (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 43,289 stories about harm among 225,097 counted on 28 Mar.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 9 February 2018. 19 in every 100 of the day's 225,097 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In France, 40% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 March 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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