We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
401 of its 675 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Suez accounted for 226 of Egypt's 401 stories about harm, carried by 538 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Train derailment was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
295 of its 571 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Dhaka accounted for 195 of Bangladesh's 295 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 40 of Myanmar's 74 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 38 of Yangon's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 95 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 79 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). 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.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
55 of its 160 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 49 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
118 of its 262 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 110 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Saudi Arabia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (337 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in UK (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 23,484 stories about harm among 93,620 counted on 26 Mar.
In Egypt's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 93,620 stories, as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Egypt. A year earlier, on 26 March 2020, 41 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Egypt stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%.
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 25 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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