We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
30 of its 72 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Monrovia's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 102 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. the Red Sea accounted for 50 of Djibouti's 51 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 37 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Volcanic eruption was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 90 of Haiti's 129 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 103 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Kampala's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
9 of its 9 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
19 of its 22 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
98 of its 284 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Pakistan (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Canada (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in India (19 of its stories, about 5 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 17,106 stories about harm among 100,292 counted on 4 Mar.
In Ecuador's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 100,292 stories, as usual. Liberia's news was 42% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. A year earlier, on 5 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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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