We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
851 of its 1,366 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ramallah accounted for 537 of Palestine's 851 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 287 of Ramallah's 537 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
321 of its 332 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Srebrenica accounted for 234 of Bosnia's 321 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
392 of its 663 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Chimanimani accounted for 236 of Zimbabwe's 392 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (280 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
171 of its 615 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories).
280 of its 322 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Afgoye accounted for 108 of Somalia's 280 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
353 of its 1,157 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 140 of Milan's 203 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Drownings were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with chickenpox.
977 of its 1,043 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Beira accounted for 705 of Mozambique's 977 stories about harm, carried by 771 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami, outbreaks and hiv. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
616 of its 996 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (457 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
422 of its 726 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jakarta accounted for 248 of Indonesia's 422 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
297 of its 714 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Bangladesh (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Italy (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Mozambique (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in India (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 40,011 stories about harm among 200,198 counted on 20 Mar.
Bangladesh's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 200,198 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate. On 20 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today. Palestine's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 52%.
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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