We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
836 of its 1,423 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Nairobi accounted for 709 of Kenya's 836 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Building collapse was named in 405 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
204 of its 469 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 62 of Stockholm's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,796 of its 2,177 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,140 of Syria's 1,796 stories about harm, carried by 648 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (336 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
147 of its 412 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (95 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
35 of its 79 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 25 of Windhoek's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
39 of its 43 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Bujumbura accounted for 30 of Burundi's 39 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Majuro accounted for 27 of the Marshall Islands' 29 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).
3,465 of its 10,131 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,092 stories). Road crashes were named in 99 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
309 of its 620 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
270 of its 381 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sirte accounted for 124 of Libya's 270 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Cyprus (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Chile (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Singapore (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (61 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 62,928 stories about harm among 321,309 counted on 5 May.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US. of the day's 321,309 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Kenya for the second day running. Mentions of building collapse ran about 5 times their usual in Kenya's news. In Kenya, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is 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 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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