We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
5,903 of its 8,604 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (570 stories). Plague was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
187 of its 211 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beira accounted for 140 of Mozambique's 187 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Storm surge was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with malaria.
66 of its 119 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Nador accounted for 57 of Morocco's 66 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 57 of Nador's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories).
357 of its 670 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
267 of its 422 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 47 of Riyadh's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
575 of its 865 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Gaza accounted for 292 of Palestine's 575 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 190 of Gaza's 292 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,206 of its 2,017 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,015 of Israel's 1,206 stories about harm, carried by 775 outlets. Gas explosion was named in 21 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.
126 of its 394 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
73 of its 188 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Mexico (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Jamaica (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (74 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 42,393 stories about harm among 195,111 counted on 15 Mar.
New Zealand's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 195,111 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Mexico's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about New Zealand and the US. On 15 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.
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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