We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 207 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 55 of Kenya's 94 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 38 of Nairobi's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Niamey accounted for 17 of Niger's 26 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).
32 of its 66 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
198 of its 695 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Paris accounted for 143 of France's 198 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. 101 of Paris' 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
45 of its 76 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tigray accounted for 23 of Ethiopia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 190 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Baghdad accounted for 56 of Iraq's 104 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
180 of its 507 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 22 of Pretoria's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories).
272 of its 668 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Mexico (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Switzerland (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 13,487 stories about harm among 69,824 counted on 21 Mar.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Kenya. of the day's 69,824 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. Kenya's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. A year earlier, on 21 March 2022, 22 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 softer than 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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