We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
158 of its 325 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 30 of Causeway Bay's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 97 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kuajok accounted for 62 of South Sudan's 83 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Measles was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.
216 of its 273 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tripoli accounted for 203 of Libya's 216 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
2,754 of its 3,065 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Colombo accounted for 1,871 of Sri Lanka's 2,754 stories about harm, carried by 1,262 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
120 of its 227 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 81 of Kashmir's 120 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
223 of its 284 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
417 of its 775 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (345 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
294 of its 563 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 125 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 22 of Yangon's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories).
35 of its 82 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Flooding was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (211 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Korea (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Mozambique (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Cyprus (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in United Arab Emirates (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 40,286 stories about harm among 202,051 counted on 24 Apr.
In South Sudan's news, mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 202,051 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Hong Kong, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. On 24 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 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 20 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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