We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
159 of its 300 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Copenhagen accounted for 135 of Denmark's 159 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
458 of its 1,100 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 146 of Sinaloa's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
162 of its 171 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Balaka accounted for 89 of the Central African Republic's 162 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
335 of its 610 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Vaxjo accounted for 266 of Sweden's 335 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (267 stories).
Jalalabad accounted for 315 of Afghanistan's 573 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. 188 of Jalalabad's 315 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (349 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
88 of its 202 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
779 of its 1,173 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (390 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
134 of its 368 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
16 of its 29 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Malaria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
132 of its 180 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Skopje accounted for 109 of North Macedonia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 96 of Skopje's 109 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in United Arab Emirates (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (81 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Senegal (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (109 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Italy (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 48,070 stories about harm among 239,890 counted on 17 May.
The United Arab Emirates' news mentioned the heatwave more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 239,890 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Denmark. Denmark stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. A year earlier, on 17 May 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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