We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Skopje accounted for 75 of North Macedonia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 72 of Skopje's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,548 of its 5,397 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Drownings were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Ghouta accounted for 519 of Syria's 634 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
62 of its 91 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Quito accounted for 45 of Ecuador's 62 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories).
529 of its 1,016 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 298 of Palestine's 529 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 149 of Ramallah's 298 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (275 stories).
132 of its 299 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 104 of Venezuela's 132 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (110 stories).
408 of its 1,358 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 148 of Madrid's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories).
25 of its 58 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 268 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
761 of its 2,267 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (305 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Colombia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Armenia (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 42,578 stories about harm among 219,260 counted on 27 Mar.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 14 February 2018. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 219,260 stories, below the usual 22. North Macedonia's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola 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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