We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
296 of its 373 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Mogadishu accounted for 257 of Somalia's 296 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
246 of its 328 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
94 of its 462 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 34 of Amsterdam's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 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.
83 of its 252 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
113 of its 125 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ambae accounted for 109 of Vanuatu's 113 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories).
93 of its 130 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 127 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
272 of its 315 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mandalay accounted for 212 of Myanmar's 272 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (244 stories).
185 of its 254 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
377 of its 495 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Yemen (154 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (137 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in India (457 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 44,110 stories about harm among 220,860 counted on 3 May.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 220,860 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Yemen's news, mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual. Somalia stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%. On 3 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 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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