We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
84 of its 125 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Sanaa accounted for 33 of Yemen's 84 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 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.
31 of its 139 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 of Warsaw's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
15 of its 19 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
118 of its 492 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
48 of its 96 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. the Red Sea accounted for 48 of Djibouti's 48 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 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.
47 of its 59 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
241 of its 963 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 33 of Berlin's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with volcanic eruption, power cuts and hiv.
90 of its 126 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 55 of Sudan's 90 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 12 of Mozambique's 14 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.
Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Germany (84 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Egypt (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Italy (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 19,844 stories about harm among 119,606 counted on 6 Mar.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 December 2019. of the day's 119,606 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Germany's news mentioned Covid about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 7 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. In Yemen, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% 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 17 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 much softer 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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