We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
204 of its 535 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Hanoi accounted for 162 of Vietnam's 204 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Plague was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
478 of its 545 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 45 of Damascus' 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (185 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
711 of its 1,330 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 491 of Israel's 711 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Landslides were named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
136 of its 241 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (104 stories). Landslides were named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
211 of its 296 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 84 of Afghanistan's 211 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Heavy rain was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
167 of its 229 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Sinjar accounted for 83 of Iraq's 167 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 63 of Sinjar's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
116 of its 126 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mogadishu accounted for 103 of Somalia's 116 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
109 of its 237 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Algiers accounted for 98 of Algeria's 109 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 95 of Algiers' 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories).
220 of its 363 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 60 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Brazil (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Chile (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Austria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 23,798 stories about harm among 116,556 counted on 2 Mar.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 116,556 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Vietnam stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. Mentions of landslides ran about 6 times their usual in Indonesia's news.
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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