We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Roatan accounted for 20 of Honduras' 35 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Plane crash was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
185 of its 377 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Istanbul accounted for 154 of Türkiye's 185 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
200 of its 313 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gaza accounted for 155 of Palestine's 200 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 98 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 15 of Budapest's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
218 of its 906 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
27 of its 34 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 143 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
922 of its 1,333 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (272 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 of its 9 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Mogadishu accounted for 22 of Somalia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Spain (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 18,270 stories about harm among 101,724 counted on 19 Mar.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 101,724 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Honduras for the second day running. Honduras' news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. On 19 March 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 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 harsher 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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