We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,645 of its 1,792 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Surabaya accounted for 782 of Indonesia's 1,645 stories about harm, carried by 852 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,455 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
139 of its 329 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 75 of Lisbon's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
598 of its 1,246 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (155 stories). Drownings were named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and flooding.
55 of its 85 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,869 of its 2,822 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 1,767 of France's 1,869 stories about harm, carried by 1,499 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,681 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
204 of its 497 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 85 of Cairo's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
129 of its 139 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Masaya accounted for 117 of Nicaragua's 129 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 113 of Masaya's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
61 of its 72 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Cibitoke accounted for 50 of Burundi's 61 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 77 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 49 of Yangon's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
115 of its 126 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Gambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Iraq (51 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Thailand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Ghana (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 25,631 stories about harm among 105,196 counted on 13 May.
People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about France and Indonesia. In Indonesia, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 105,196 stories, above the usual 21. A year earlier, on 13 May 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to North Korea, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 much harsher 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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