We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
716 of its 1,419 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 523 of North Korea's 716 stories about harm, carried by 603 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Hunger was named in 86 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
132 of its 198 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 85 of Sudan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 52 of Khartoum's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,773 of its 6,540 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,051 stories). Storms were named in 74 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain, extreme cold and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
181 of its 205 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 123 of Niger's 181 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
200 of its 798 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 125 of Ang Mo Kio's 138 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,187 of its 2,106 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 684 of Israel's 1,187 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. 487 of Jerusalem's 684 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
423 of its 675 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 45 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
392 of its 462 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 322 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Kenya (168 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in China (105 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Italy (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in France (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Jamaica (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 42,533 stories about harm among 209,755 counted on 11 May.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to North Korea. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 209,755 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual in Kenya's news. In North Korea, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. On 11 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 19 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 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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