We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
188 of its 245 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Windhoek accounted for 180 of Namibia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 160 of Windhoek's 180 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
67 of its 102 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tirana accounted for 64 of Albania's 67 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
586 of its 1,128 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
197 of its 660 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
445 of its 811 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Cairo accounted for 344 of Egypt's 445 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 306 of Cairo's 344 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (344 stories).
298 of its 341 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 162 of Yemen's 298 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
3,105 of its 9,735 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (886 stories). Power cuts were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
80 of its 102 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 55 of Agua Zarca's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
441 of its 965 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (105 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
1,222 of its 1,615 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Brazil (172 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Rwanda (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (65 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Singapore (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Italy (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 64,889 stories about harm among 326,777 counted on 4 May.
Namibia stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 326,777 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US.
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 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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