We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
132 of its 156 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Dakar accounted for 81 of Senegal's 132 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (57 stories). Drownings were named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
476 of its 724 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Caracas accounted for 343 of Venezuela's 476 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 331 of Caracas' 343 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
160 of its 180 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ciudad del Este accounted for 157 of Paraguay's 160 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
335 of its 887 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (216 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
528 of its 682 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Santiago accounted for 418 of Chile's 528 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
303 of its 554 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Luhansk accounted for 235 of Ukraine's 303 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (198 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
430 of its 1,214 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
335 of its 485 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
256 of its 387 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 94 of Sankhu's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (103 stories).
218 of its 658 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (146 stories). Hurricane was named in 132 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Netherlands (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Gambia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Somalia (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Ecuador (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tuberculosis in Liberia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 54,434 stories about harm among 256,165 counted on 25 Apr.
In Senegal, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 256,165 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in the Netherlands' news. On 25 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 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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