We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
220 of its 363 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tripoli accounted for 211 of Libya's 220 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
132 of its 260 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mayrhofen accounted for 89 of Austria's 132 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Hepatitis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
211 of its 228 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Polio was named in 93 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
93 of its 288 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 79 of Algiers' 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories).
29 of its 96 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
261 of its 679 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (157 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
713 of its 1,457 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (345 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
185 of its 454 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 101 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Brazil (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Qatar (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in China (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Puerto Rico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Belgium (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Apr. 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 36,084 stories about harm among 194,759 counted on 12 Apr.
In Congo's news, mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 194,759 stories, below the usual 20. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo. A year earlier, on 12 April 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Libya stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.
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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