We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
166 of its 204 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tunis accounted for 150 of Tunisia's 166 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
617 of its 1,104 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 500 of Bangladesh's 617 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. 340 of Dhaka's 500 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 65 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. el Faro accounted for 46 of el Salvador's 52 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories).
40 of its 51 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
125 of its 203 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Algiers accounted for 118 of Algeria's 125 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,584 of its 1,838 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Baghdad accounted for 1,357 of Iraq's 1,584 stories about harm, carried by 1,081 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,189 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
132 of its 433 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
242 of its 269 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Storms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
268 of its 1,806 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
416 of its 962 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (126 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Azerbaijan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Ethiopia (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Rwanda (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (63 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 60,855 stories about harm among 313,574 counted on 11 May.
Tunisia's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. of the day's 313,574 news stories, 19 in every 100 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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