We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
927 of its 1,515 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 614 of Israel's 927 stories about harm, carried by 296 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (194 stories). Road crashes were named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,255 of its 5,465 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Paris accounted for 1,949 of France's 2,255 stories about harm, carried by 911 outlets. 1,211 of Paris' 1,949 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (1,074 stories). Train derailment was named in 172 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings.
146 of its 185 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
342 of its 735 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (284 stories). Drought was named in 261 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
245 of its 359 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Luhansk accounted for 197 of Ukraine's 245 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (201 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 45 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 16 of Jasenovac's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
324 of its 410 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Caracas accounted for 229 of Venezuela's 324 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. 221 of Caracas' 229 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
23 of its 30 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 21 of Juigalpa's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
237 of its 284 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Puntland accounted for 160 of Somalia's 237 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (171 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
98 of its 127 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Chile (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Djibouti (87 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Guinea (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (30 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 26,016 stories about harm among 116,349 counted on 23 Apr.
Kenya's news mentioned the drought about 5 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 116,349 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Israel, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. On 23 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today. This week the news turned most often to France, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 softer than 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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