We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,360 of its 2,175 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 471 of Paris' 634 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (626 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
607 of its 885 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Alexandria accounted for 295 of Egypt's 607 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (269 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
135 of its 318 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Lisbon accounted for 119 of Portugal's 135 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
96 of its 112 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Rabaul accounted for 50 of Papua New Guinea's 96 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Tsunami was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with volcanic eruption. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
652 of its 759 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Ghouta accounted for 430 of Syria's 652 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
180 of its 214 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Zagreb accounted for 169 of Croatia's 180 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. 167 of Zagreb's 169 stories were about protests or strikes.
42 of its 99 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 14 of Manama's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
62 of its 83 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
534 of its 1,021 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 121 of Jerusalem's 184 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (233 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Congo (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Haiti (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Ghana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 29,352 stories about harm among 118,559 counted on 24 Mar.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 20 January 2018. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 118,559 stories, above the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In France, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the tsunami about three times as often as usual.
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 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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