We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
516 of its 964 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (294 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
56 of its 290 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 22 of the Netherlands' 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
271 of its 654 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Punta Cana accounted for 36 of the Dominican Republic's 41 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
43 of its 49 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 31 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tbilisi accounted for 15 of Georgia's 17 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 10 of Tbilisi's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.
24 of its 61 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
102 of its 229 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 53 of Bangladesh's 102 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets.
Gaza accounted for 67 of Palestine's 132 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Mauritius (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in China (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); bird flu in Canada (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in India (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 17,753 stories about harm among 102,368 counted on 12 Mar.
Mauritius' news mentioned Covid about 7 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 102,368 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. On 12 March 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as 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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