We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
512 of its 537 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 86%. Pemba accounted for 356 of Mozambique's 512 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Tropical storm was named in 181 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
114 of its 122 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Silgadji accounted for 105 of Burkina Faso's 114 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 13 of Tunis' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.
199 of its 342 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
255 of its 303 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tripoli accounted for 234 of Libya's 255 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
393 of its 764 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (60 stories). Flooding was named in 165 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with landslides and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
123 of its 162 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Monrovia accounted for 104 of Liberia's 123 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 97 of Monrovia's 104 stories were about protests or strikes.
107 of its 287 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
285 of its 688 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,121 of its 4,368 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (102 stories). Hypothermia was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning, snowstorms and drownings.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Indonesia (165 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (126 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Iraq (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 36,645 stories about harm among 176,116 counted on 29 Apr.
21 in every 100 of the day's 176,116 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. On 29 April 2018, 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.
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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