We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
360 of its 724 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Islamabad accounted for 143 of Pakistan's 360 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 93 of Islamabad's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
241 of its 393 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Storm surge was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hurricane and typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
424 of its 686 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 191 of Israel's 424 stories about harm, carried by 632 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 64 of Sudan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 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.
51 of its 64 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Sittwe accounted for 28 of Myanmar's 51 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Storm surge was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane and typhoon.
281 of its 735 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (142 stories). Illness was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mouhoun accounted for 14 of Burkina Faso's 14 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
101 of its 257 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 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.
134 of its 410 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
93 of its 470 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Myanmar (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Vietnam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 May. 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 10,815 stories about harm among 57,614 counted on 14 May.
It was the sixth day running that the news turned to Pakistan. of the day's 57,614 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and the US. Mentions of storm surge ran more than ten times their usual in Myanmar's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 19 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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