We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
425 of its 636 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 323 of Greece's 425 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Train derailment was named in 341 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
148 of its 173 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 127 of Yemen's 148 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Cholera was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Bouake accounted for 122 of Côte d’Ivoire's 140 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 113 of Bouake's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
192 of its 258 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Ein el-Hilweh accounted for 172 of Lebanon's 192 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (167 stories).
259 of its 582 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories). Earthquake was named in 160 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
281 of its 383 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
512 of its 2,084 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hurricane was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes, snowstorms and storms.
42 of its 178 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 of Doha's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
1,356 of its 5,209 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
11 of its 29 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Manus Island's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (160 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in France (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 23,269 stories about harm among 115,007 counted on 14 May.
Greece stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 115,007 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 14 May 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, 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.
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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