We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
113 of its 136 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Conakry accounted for 78 of Guinea's 113 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (101 stories). Ebola was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
337 of its 393 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 214 of Somalia's 337 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Malaria was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 200 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kigali accounted for 100 of Rwanda's 122 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 67 of Kigali's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Road crashes were named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
517 of its 760 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (206 stories). Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
172 of its 298 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Budapest accounted for 144 of Hungary's 172 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Hunger was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
795 of its 1,029 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Caracas accounted for 656 of Venezuela's 795 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. 643 of Caracas' 656 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 79 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
200 of its 279 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
165 of its 459 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 40 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Vanuatu (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Hungary (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in France (270 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Sudan (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 May. 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 47,061 stories about harm among 223,670 counted on 4 May.
In Guinea, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 223,670 stories, as usual. Mentions of Ebola ran about 4 times their usual in Guinea's news. A year earlier, on 4 May 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 much 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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