We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 81 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Montevideo accounted for 68 of Uruguay's 68 stories about harm, carried by 2 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
135 of its 333 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 87 of Pyongyang's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
250 of its 459 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Freetown accounted for 218 of Sierra Leone's 250 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
612 of its 1,116 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Flooding was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
94 of its 174 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Arta accounted for 93 of Djibouti's 94 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories).
185 of its 314 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Beirut accounted for 152 of Lebanon's 185 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (107 stories).
66 of its 146 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Bird flu was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
219 of its 514 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Oil spill was named in 153 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
937 of its 1,480 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 295 of Jerusalem's 453 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Indonesia (153 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Greece (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Uganda (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); bird flu in Bulgaria (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Hungary (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Apr. 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 46,044 stories about harm among 220,489 counted on 5 Apr.
In Uruguay, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 220,489 stories, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and the US. For the second day running, the news turned to Uruguay. On 5 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 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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