We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
289 of its 396 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Lisbon accounted for 277 of Portugal's 289 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
466 of its 631 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Colombo accounted for 396 of Sri Lanka's 466 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. 269 of Colombo's 396 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (364 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
128 of its 210 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tirana accounted for 123 of Albania's 128 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (68 stories).
129 of its 251 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
267 of its 618 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 108 of Hanoi's 184 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Accidents were named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
672 of its 1,098 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 441 of Palestine's 672 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. 281 of Ramallah's 441 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
202 of its 250 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
183 of its 384 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (77 stories). Poisoning was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
52 of its 119 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
157 of its 304 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kathmandu accounted for 115 of Nepal's 157 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (100 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Kenya (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Vanuatu (40 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); accidents in Vietnam (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Thailand (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 44,431 stories about harm among 196,013 counted on 17 Apr.
Portugal stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 196,013 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kenya's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual. On 17 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 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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