We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,000 of its 1,279 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Carabobo accounted for 530 of Venezuela's 1,000 stories about harm, carried by 533 outlets. 484 of Carabobo's 530 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (195 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
115 of its 274 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,082 of its 2,357 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (79 stories). Tsunami was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
359 of its 1,260 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (179 stories). Natural hazards were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
103 of its 133 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
36 of its 72 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
71 of its 109 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Yangon accounted for 62 of Myanmar's 71 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).
68 of its 304 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (142 stories). Drownings were named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
141 of its 240 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Rio San Juan accounted for 107 of Panama's 141 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Botswana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Iran (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 41,484 stories about harm among 210,934 counted on 29 Mar.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela. In Venezuela, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the tsunami about 4 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 210,934 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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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