We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 151 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 41 of Mozambique's 133 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
111 of its 194 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Polio was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
49 of its 156 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 48 of Myanmar's 91 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. 45 of Yangon's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
127 of its 239 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 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.
252 of its 716 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
82 of its 154 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
114 of its 277 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
25 of its 35 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
26 of its 58 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Australia (101 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Syria (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in China (32 of its stories, about 6 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 23,113 stories about harm among 92,501 counted on 30 Mar.
Afghanistan's news mentioned the polio more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,501 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 30 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 41 in every 100, against 25 today. Mozambique stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 67%.
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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