We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
90 of its 172 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Algiers accounted for 84 of Algeria's 90 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 81 of Algiers' 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Flooding was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
472 of its 582 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 231 of Afghanistan's 472 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
194 of its 465 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Wildfires were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 354 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flu was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
210 of its 381 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 43 of Jakarta's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
90 of its 197 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 6 of Lilongwe's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
202 of its 308 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Tuberculosis 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.
171 of its 405 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of San Salvador's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories).
32 of its 56 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Ebola was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Senegal (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Peru (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Germany (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 39,843 stories about harm among 204,361 counted on 7 Mar.
Of the day's 204,361 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 March 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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