We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
559 of its 639 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 387 of Yemen's 559 stories about harm, carried by 320 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (233 stories). Polio was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
171 of its 196 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 50 of Skopje's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
210 of its 343 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Beirut accounted for 183 of Lebanon's 210 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories).
312 of its 852 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Chikungunya was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola.
893 of its 1,106 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. 238 of Aleppo's 420 stories were about protests or strikes. Natural hazards were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
569 of its 1,119 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 169 of Athens' 319 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (225 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
643 of its 2,180 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Power cuts were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 62 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Meningitis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
614 of its 940 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 292 of Lima's 397 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (391 stories).
526 of its 767 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (318 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); meningitis in Cameroon (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Malaysia (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Nepal (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Apr. 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 45,664 stories about harm among 228,078 counted on 11 Apr.
20 in every 100 of the day's 228,078 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.
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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