We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
78 of its 120 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 49 of Tanzania's 78 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 142 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Beirut accounted for 46 of Lebanon's 66 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 24 of Beirut's 46 stories were about protests or strikes.
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 61 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tillaberi accounted for 35 of Niger's 51 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
30 of its 47 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 23 of Mozambique's 30 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
85 of its 212 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). 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.
16 of Sanaa's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 58 of Myanmar's 82 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. 55 of Yangon's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 75 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Greece (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ireland (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Ghana (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (281 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 25,084 stories about harm among 97,351 counted on 17 Mar.
In Greece's news, mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 97,351 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 17 March 2020, 38 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. In Tanzania, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual.
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 26 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 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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