We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
847 of its 1,018 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Azaz accounted for 422 of Syria's 847 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
502 of its 734 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Buenos Aires accounted for 453 of Argentina's 502 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories).
289 of its 428 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 237 of Venezuela's 289 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories).
97 of its 318 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Poisoning was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
602 of its 788 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Fallujah accounted for 513 of Iraq's 602 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Heavy rain was named in 75 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.
67 of its 84 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Diffa accounted for 66 of Niger's 67 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
1,477 of its 2,572 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (371 stories). Dengue was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
374 of its 477 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Catatumbo accounted for 196 of Colombia's 374 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories).
43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
83 of its 171 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Greece (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Azerbaijan (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Mexico (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bahamas (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 35,606 stories about harm among 164,180 counted on 28 May.
Greece's news mentioned the tsunami more than ten times as often as usual. Syria's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 76%. of the day's 164,180 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.
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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