We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
478 of its 579 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. 70 of Raqqa's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (115 stories). Hypothermia was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
259 of its 356 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
488 of its 655 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jalalabad accounted for 205 of Afghanistan's 488 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (241 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
122 of its 361 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
287 of its 700 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 188 of Kenya's 287 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 171 of Nairobi's 188 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (165 stories).
89 of its 281 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 6 of Lilongwe's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
23 of its 134 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 7 of Manama's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
74 of its 425 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis, respiratory illness and rubella. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
370 of its 1,392 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of Riyadh's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Sweden (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Seychelles (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Czechia (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 39,656 stories about harm among 204,641 counted on 6 Mar.
Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 204,641 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 March 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Syria's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 76%.
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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