We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
298 of its 382 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Arusha accounted for 208 of Tanzania's 298 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
175 of its 326 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Pyongyang accounted for 142 of North Korea's 175 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
412 of its 825 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Seoul accounted for 349 of South Korea's 412 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. 261 of Seoul's 349 stories were about protests or strikes.
58 of its 149 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
401 of its 454 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 256 of Somalia's 401 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
149 of its 330 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
151 of its 372 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). HIV was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
119 of its 259 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Oil spill was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
30 of its 48 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
513 of its 815 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 297 of Israel's 513 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. 151 of Jerusalem's 297 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Zimbabwe (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Haiti (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Canada (202 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Vanuatu (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 30,201 stories about harm among 131,983 counted on 6 May.
Tanzania's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 131,983 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Zimbabwe's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and Egypt. On 6 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 23 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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