We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
96 of its 137 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Skopje accounted for 95 of North Macedonia's 96 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
190 of its 337 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bucharest accounted for 162 of Romania's 190 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Extreme cold was named in 155 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.
133 of its 171 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Cholera was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
151 of its 451 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 15 of Rio de Janeiro's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
83 of its 111 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tunis accounted for 66 of Tunisia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 76 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 244 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
178 of its 351 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 136 of Uganda's 178 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. HIV was named in 108 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
16 of its 51 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 8 of Riga's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
141 of its 593 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Madagascar (54 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Uganda (108 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Sudan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Mexico (50 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Bangladesh (48 of its stories, more than ten 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 45,023 stories about harm among 204,975 counted on 19 Mar.
North Macedonia stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 10%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 204,975 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Romania's news, mentions of extreme cold ran more than ten times their usual. On 19 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 about as 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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