We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 201 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Salalah accounted for 106 of Oman's 133 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Storms were named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.
477 of its 1,877 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (216 stories). Train derailment was named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
227 of its 413 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 182 of Iraq's 227 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
226 of its 447 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 95 of Riyadh's 118 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (145 stories).
260 of its 313 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Socotra accounted for 224 of Yemen's 260 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Storms were named in 142 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
154 of its 284 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
99 of its 127 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 179 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
71 of its 95 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. HIV was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
309 of its 578 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Yemen (142 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Sudan (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Bahrain (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 46,152 stories about harm among 233,542 counted on 24 May.
Yemen's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 233,542 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Oman, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. the news turned to Oman for the second day running. A year earlier, on 24 May 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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