We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,515 of its 3,797 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Chibok accounted for 2,045 of Nigeria's 2,515 stories about harm, carried by 1,134 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,971 stories). Hunger was named in 686 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
80 of its 125 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 76 of Denmark's 80 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
255 of its 506 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 96 of Tehran's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
2,571 of its 6,224 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (634 stories). Plague was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
121 of its 261 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 59 of Sumatra's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Power cuts were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
314 of its 395 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kirkuk accounted for 170 of Iraq's 314 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (196 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
57 of its 65 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 19 of Sanaa's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Cholera was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.
404 of its 609 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Pyongyang accounted for 392 of North Korea's 404 stories about harm, carried by 529 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (358 stories).
121 of its 189 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
529 of its 1,328 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Indonesia (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Canada (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Kenya (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 28,447 stories about harm among 116,731 counted on 7 May.
Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 116,731 stories, above the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. In Yemen's news, mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual. Nigeria stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%.
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 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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