We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
428 of its 627 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 341 of Venezuela's 428 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. 233 of Caracas' 341 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (326 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
1,978 of its 2,446 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Ashkelon accounted for 1,304 of Israel's 1,978 stories about harm, carried by 919 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,003 stories). Heavy rain was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,023 of its 1,838 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (549 stories). Plane crash was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
99 of its 136 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Algiers accounted for 90 of Algeria's 99 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories).
29 of its 46 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 22 of Santander de Quilichao's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
113 of its 143 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tripoli accounted for 90 of Libya's 113 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
135 of its 170 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Idlib accounted for 102 of Syria's 135 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
122 of its 539 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 38 of Rome's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 28 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
86 of its 241 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Germany (117 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ghana (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in Libya (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 21,122 stories about harm among 100,789 counted on 5 May.
Mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual in Germany's news. of the day's 100,789 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. On 5 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today. In Venezuela, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 much 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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