We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Asmara accounted for 43 of Eritrea's 43 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
622 of its 835 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ramallah accounted for 424 of Palestine's 622 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (369 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
352 of its 722 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (287 stories). Plane crash was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
440 of its 798 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Caracas accounted for 370 of Venezuela's 440 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. 285 of Caracas' 370 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories).
100 of its 135 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Hodeida accounted for 60 of Yemen's 100 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
289 of its 697 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 161 of Cairo's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,401 of its 2,437 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Avalanche was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
244 of its 265 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Panama City accounted for 236 of Panama's 244 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (234 stories).
404 of its 903 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
30 of its 37 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 19 of Bangui's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (3260 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (69 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Zimbabwe (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Denmark (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (116 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 36,911 stories about harm among 179,512 counted on 4 Mar.
In Eritrea, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 179,512 stories, as usual. Mentions of tornadoes ran more than ten times their usual in the US's news. On 4 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 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 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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