We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
3,642 of its 5,343 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Egyptair accounted for 3,518 of Egypt's 3,642 stories about harm, carried by 2,115 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
638 of its 916 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Colombo accounted for 429 of Sri Lanka's 638 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (132 stories).
43 of its 63 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dakar accounted for 37 of Senegal's 43 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
72 of its 148 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Skopje accounted for 71 of North Macedonia's 72 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories).
37 of its 47 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Diffa accounted for 34 of Niger's 37 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
109 of its 128 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kidal accounted for 78 of Mali's 109 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
65 of its 99 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
1,642 of its 3,524 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (751 stories). Wildfires were named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings.
40 of its 141 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 21 of Almaty's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).
65 of its 203 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Brazil (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Guyana (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (104 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Sierra Leone (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Philippines (48 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 58,955 stories about harm among 295,704 counted on 20 May.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 295,704 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned Ebola more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Egypt.
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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