We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,680 of its 5,726 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 2,082 of Russia's 2,680 stories about harm, carried by 1,186 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,797 stories). Wildfires were named in 255 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with house fires. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
292 of its 486 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Caracas accounted for 249 of Venezuela's 292 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. 243 of Caracas' 249 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
152 of its 224 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Yangon accounted for 127 of Myanmar's 152 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
122 of its 328 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Gas explosion was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
788 of its 1,156 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Stockholm accounted for 732 of Sweden's 788 stories about harm, carried by 711 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
76 of its 99 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Diffa accounted for 60 of Niger's 76 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 35 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with typhoon.
969 of its 2,180 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
748 of its 1,121 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 43 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Sierra Leone (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Apr. 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 54,526 stories about harm among 251,464 counted on 11 Apr.
Puerto Rico's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 251,464 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. On 11 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.
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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