We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,328 of its 3,874 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,755 of Israel's 2,328 stories about harm, carried by 1,023 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,732 stories). Natural hazards were named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
473 of its 734 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (283 stories). Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
104 of its 161 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 27 of Minsk's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories).
254 of its 280 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. San Salvador accounted for 234 of el Salvador's 254 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (243 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
224 of its 388 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (149 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Beira accounted for 548 of Mozambique's 627 stories about harm, carried by 435 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Cholera was named in 349 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hiv and hunger. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Noumea accounted for 23 of New Caledonia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories).
183 of its 462 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
163 of its 202 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Cholera was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Mozambique (349 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (77 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Vanuatu (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Kenya (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 33,566 stories about harm among 180,300 counted on 25 Mar.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 13 February 2019. A year earlier, on 25 March 2018, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Israel's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%. of the day's 180,300 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.
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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