We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
326 of its 473 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Caracas accounted for 182 of Venezuela's 326 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. 169 of Caracas' 182 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Diphtheria was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria and respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
127 of its 141 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Bangui accounted for 106 of the Central African Republic's 127 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
1,085 of its 1,335 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Raqqa accounted for 657 of Syria's 1,085 stories about harm, carried by 524 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
85 of its 147 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Meningitis was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
401 of its 476 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (384 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
226 of its 343 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
518 of its 1,245 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
215 of its 374 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kampala accounted for 155 of Uganda's 215 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (143 stories).
102 of its 236 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Lisbon accounted for 90 of Portugal's 102 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
800 of its 2,642 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 465 of Seoul's 684 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (70 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Italy (99 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Niger (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 48,093 stories about harm among 237,022 counted on 9 May.
20 in every 100 of the day's 237,022 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 9 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as 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 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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