We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
716 of its 1,209 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 699 of Venezuela's 716 stories about harm, carried by 622 outlets. 668 of Caracas' 699 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (682 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
260 of its 346 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Salalah accounted for 244 of Oman's 260 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (182 stories). Storm surge was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
72 of its 139 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
179 of its 224 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sanaa accounted for 99 of Yemen's 179 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
96 of its 161 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 79 of Lebanon's 96 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 72 of Beirut's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
219 of its 765 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 118 of Berlin's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
125 of its 192 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 62 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 18 of Tirana's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories).
63 of its 76 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
307 of its 541 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bogota accounted for 218 of Colombia's 307 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Palestine (122 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Bulgaria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (1343 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 24,008 stories about harm among 109,860 counted on 27 May.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 109,860 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 27 May 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. This week the news turned most often to Oman, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.
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 much 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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