We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
582 of its 733 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bangkok accounted for 520 of Thailand's 582 stories about harm, carried by 797 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Natural hazards were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 80 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kathmandu accounted for 41 of Nepal's 51 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 39 of Kathmandu's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 49 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
276 of its 297 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Mandalay accounted for 187 of Myanmar's 276 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Natural hazards were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
96 of its 185 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Istanbul accounted for 75 of Türkiye's 96 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. 69 of Istanbul's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
80 of its 260 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 126 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
31 of Jerusalem's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
36 of its 123 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Myanmar (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Canada (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 11,258 stories about harm among 60,156 counted on 29 Mar.
In Thailand, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 60,156 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Canada's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Thailand and the US.
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 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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