We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
70 of its 82 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Azaz accounted for 56 of Syria's 70 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 10 of Guayaquil's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). 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.
44 of its 76 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 44 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Port-au-Prince accounted for 32 of Haiti's 41 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
44 of its 127 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
172 of its 396 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Power cuts were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
75 of Tel Aviv's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 100 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).
30 of its 73 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Türkiye (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in US (176 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 9,313 stories about harm among 51,064 counted on 31 Mar.
In Türkiye's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 51,064 stories, as usual. Syria's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 58%. On 1 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Haiti, on 4 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.
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 much 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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