We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
89 of its 106 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Niamey accounted for 66 of Niger's 89 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
267 of its 291 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Sanaa accounted for 207 of Yemen's 267 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
260 of its 802 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 116 of Madrid's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
231 of its 618 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
146 of its 180 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
591 of its 1,188 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
123 of its 142 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Menaka accounted for 83 of Mali's 123 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
246 of its 559 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 13 of Antananarivo's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Kumba's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in North Korea (123 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Malaysia (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in South Korea (87 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Lebanon (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 25,566 stories about harm among 120,439 counted on 28 Apr.
Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 120,439 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Mexico. On 28 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today. In Niger, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 70% is usual.
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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