We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
124 of its 144 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Yaounde accounted for 76 of Cameroon's 124 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 76 of Yaounde's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
165 of its 192 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Socotra accounted for 99 of Yemen's 165 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Cyclone was named in 99 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
205 of its 317 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Road crashes were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,015 of its 1,504 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (162 stories). Outbreaks were named in 171 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
413 of its 660 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Caracas accounted for 362 of Venezuela's 413 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. 321 of Caracas' 362 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
503 of its 598 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Salalah accounted for 495 of Oman's 503 stories about harm, carried by 636 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (460 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
322 of its 341 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 84%. the Congo River accounted for 254 of Congo's 322 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 8 of Anjouan's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).
100 of its 122 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Bani Walid accounted for 64 of Libya's 100 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories).
101 of its 457 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 27 of Berlin's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); nipah virus in India (174 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in Albania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Saudi Arabia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 26,429 stories about harm among 119,545 counted on 26 May.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 119,545 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of the cyclone ran about 5 times their usual in Yemen's news. In Cameroon, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 May 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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