We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
101 of its 228 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Athens accounted for 85 of Greece's 101 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
172 of its 351 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Algiers accounted for 155 of Algeria's 172 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 155 of Algiers' 155 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
146 of its 384 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Tallinn accounted for 132 of Estonia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
187 of its 270 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Snowstorms were named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 154 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Hodeida accounted for 88 of Yemen's 122 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
288 of its 602 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 248 of Malaysia's 288 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (167 stories).
137 of its 298 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Meningitis was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
565 of its 649 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. 69 of Damascus' 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
125 of its 310 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 30 of Etemad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Panama (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (82 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); meningitis in Brazil (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Israel (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Russia (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 19,913 stories about harm among 100,493 counted on 3 Mar.
Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Afghanistan's news. of the day's 100,493 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Greece's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. On 3 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 7 of them.
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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