We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
334 of its 343 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 84%. Macomia accounted for 135 of Mozambique's 334 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Landslides were named in 189 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, hurricane and storm surge. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
240 of its 274 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Idlib accounted for 136 of Syria's 240 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
91 of its 180 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 76 of Armenia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. 69 of Yerevan's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
196 of its 213 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,185 of its 2,320 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Colombo accounted for 1,357 of Sri Lanka's 2,185 stories about harm, carried by 1,085 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 116 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 26 of Stockholm's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories).
99 of its 238 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 30 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
183 of its 851 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
193 of its 1,007 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 59 of Moscow's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Measles was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Israel (104 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Apr. 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 22,747 stories about harm among 112,613 counted on 27 Apr.
For the third day running, the news turned to Mozambique. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 112,613 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Mozambique's news. In Mozambique, 97% of the news was about people being harmed, where 84% is usual. A year earlier, on 27 April 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 20 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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