We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,600 of its 2,029 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 473 of Jerusalem's 622 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (124 stories). Power cuts were named in 129 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.
334 of its 436 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Heavy rain was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought and avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
272 of its 290 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 87%. Beira accounted for 240 of Mozambique's 272 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Cholera was named in 207 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
121 of its 138 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
134 of its 213 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Valletta accounted for 121 of Malta's 134 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. 62 of Valletta's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
73 of its 103 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 22 of Tripoli's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
304 of its 485 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Rabat accounted for 295 of Morocco's 304 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (206 stories).
101 of its 115 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
213 of its 415 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 146 of Bangladesh's 213 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
143 of its 508 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 61 of Veneto's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Iran (30 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Syria (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 23,772 stories about harm among 115,374 counted on 30 Mar.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 115,374 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Israel's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%. A year earlier, on 30 March 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 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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