We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
37 of its 76 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. 26 of Dakar's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
365 of its 447 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Simikot accounted for 224 of Nepal's 365 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories).
504 of its 1,589 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (361 stories). Tsunami was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 7 of Freetown's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
19 of Santiago's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
97 of its 176 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Minsk accounted for 89 of Belarus' 97 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 84 of Minsk's 89 stories were about protests or strikes.
46 of its 119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
800 of its 1,524 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
407 of its 1,509 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Food poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Brazil (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Venezuela (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Guam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Jul. 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 39,889 stories about harm among 193,378 counted on 3 Jul.
Senegal's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 6%. of the day's 193,378 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual. On 3 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, 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 21 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 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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