We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,056 of its 1,339 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Brussels accounted for 900 of Belgium's 1,056 stories about harm, carried by 1,002 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
386 of its 419 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (373 stories). Cyclone was named in 93 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 418 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Nipah virus was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
186 of its 212 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Managua accounted for 168 of Nicaragua's 186 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. 168 of Managua's 168 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
76 of its 104 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 50 of Mozambique's 76 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
220 of its 682 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 64 of Rio de Janeiro's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (67 stories). Dengue was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with chikungunya.
168 of its 681 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 12 of Hanoi's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
193 of its 399 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kiev accounted for 143 of Ukraine's 193 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
151 of its 344 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Avalanche was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
129 of its 217 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Greece (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (74 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in New Zealand (119 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 44,304 stories about harm among 194,755 counted on 29 May.
In Belgium, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. Greece's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. On 29 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today. of the day's 194,755 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.
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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