We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
443 of its 539 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dakar accounted for 388 of Senegal's 443 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
103 of its 211 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Budapest accounted for 80 of Hungary's 103 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Accidents were named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
214 of its 500 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (132 stories). Poisoning was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
258 of its 685 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 93 of Tehran's 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,393 of its 1,747 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Fallujah accounted for 1,252 of Iraq's 1,393 stories about harm, carried by 970 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
167 of its 243 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
188 of its 286 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 45 of Manama's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories).
408 of its 796 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
169 of its 245 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Mogadishu accounted for 145 of Somalia's 169 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories).
181 of its 802 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 98 of Amsterdam's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Laos (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Sierra Leone (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malaysia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Nepal (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (80 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 43,827 stories about harm among 199,872 counted on 30 May.
For the second day running, the news turned to Senegal. Senegal stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 199,872 news stories 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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