We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
209 of its 226 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Cibitoke accounted for 172 of Burundi's 209 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 576 of Israel's 832 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 359 of Jerusalem's 576 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
609 of its 2,612 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
27 of its 52 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Heatwave was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
133 of its 157 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Taang accounted for 82 of Myanmar's 133 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
117 of its 169 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bleiburg accounted for 112 of Austria's 117 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
592 of its 1,077 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Pyongyang accounted for 535 of North Korea's 592 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (497 stories).
649 of its 1,624 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (442 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
58 of its 87 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 45 of Cucuta's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 21 of Tbilisi's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Pakistan (55 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 25,516 stories about harm among 117,072 counted on 12 May.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US. 22 in every 100 of the day's 117,072 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 7 times their usual. On 12 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today. Burundi's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 69%.
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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