We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
404 of its 1,769 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 215 of Beijing's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (194 stories). Train derailment was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
2,000 of its 2,788 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Addis Ababa accounted for 1,185 of Ethiopia's 2,000 stories about harm, carried by 1,081 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (1,956 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 54 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Arakan accounted for 42 of Myanmar's 49 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 34 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Plague was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 60 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Almaty accounted for 35 of Kazakhstan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 32 of Almaty's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
387 of its 602 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 321 of Venezuela's 387 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. 191 of Caracas' 321 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories).
93 of its 116 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Khartoum accounted for 73 of Sudan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 56 of Khartoum's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories).
126 of its 151 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 97 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Lilongwe's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).
161 of its 187 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Tunisia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Sweden (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (636 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 21,227 stories about harm among 102,846 counted on 10 Mar.
In Madagascar's news, mentions of the plague ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 102,846 stories, as usual. China's news was 23% about people being harmed, against a usual 12%. On 10 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 much 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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