We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
161 of its 274 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Santiago accounted for 124 of Chile's 161 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (70 stories). Tsunami was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
497 of its 1,395 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (373 stories). HIV was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
121 of its 133 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,088 of its 1,891 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (287 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
93 of its 106 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ciudad del Este accounted for 87 of Paraguay's 93 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
481 of its 615 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (242 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
258 of its 420 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
130 of its 180 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
162 of its 185 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Agua Caliente accounted for 137 of Guatemala's 162 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 136 of Agua Caliente's 137 stories were about protests or strikes.
175 of its 373 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Mexico (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Greece (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Norway (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Saudi Arabia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 48,194 stories about harm among 220,252 counted on 24 Apr.
Chile's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. of the day's 220,252 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 4 times their usual in Chile's news. On 24 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 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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