The news turned to a disaster in Guatemala City, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh). Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.
404 of its 454 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Guatemala City accounted for 370 of Guatemala's 404 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (203 stories). Hunger was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
299 of its 361 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 171 of Somalia's 299 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Cholera was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with measles, malaria and plague.
319 of its 710 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 141 of Dhaka's 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (181 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
91 of its 160 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dakar accounted for 78 of Senegal's 91 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (74 stories).
179 of its 199 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Antananarivo accounted for 120 of Madagascar's 179 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
115 of its 230 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 40 of Saptari's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories).
203 of its 360 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 84 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 17 of Yaounde's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).
114 of its 157 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Drought was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
347 of its 2,387 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
drought in South Sudan (67 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Brazil (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Egypt (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (69 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in Sri Lanka (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 59,264 stories about harm among 284,633 counted on 8 Mar.
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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 284,633 stories, as usual. Guatemala's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. In South Sudan's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 8 March 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
21 in every 100 of the day's 284,633 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 22).
Guatemala: 404 of its 454 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%.
Somalia: 299 of its 361 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%.
Bangladesh: 319 of its 710 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%.
Senegal: 91 of its 160 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China.
Mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual in South Sudan's news.
Mentions of the cholera ran about three times their usual in Somalia's news.
Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
A year earlier, on 8 March 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
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