We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
384 of its 587 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Mount Everest accounted for 328 of Nepal's 384 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (341 stories). Hypothermia was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
432 of its 521 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 114 of Baghdad's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (349 stories). Illness was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
129 of its 139 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Peul accounted for 109 of Burkina Faso's 129 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
19 of its 68 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 82 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Minsk accounted for 58 of Belarus' 67 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 58 of Minsk's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
408 of its 479 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 186 of Caracas' 196 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (219 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
147 of its 194 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Skopje accounted for 116 of North Macedonia's 147 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 113 of Skopje's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
164 of its 381 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Plane crash was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
249 of its 623 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Hunger was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 44 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (118 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in China (281 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in North Korea (94 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Cuba (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 25,762 stories about harm among 120,920 counted on 30 Apr.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 120,920 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Poland's news mentioned plane crash about 5 times as often as usual. Nepal's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 30 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to North Macedonia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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