We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 107 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Niamey accounted for 97 of Niger's 103 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,779 of its 2,309 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,401 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
92 of its 327 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
62 of its 187 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 25 of Buenos Aires' 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories).
1,823 of its 3,463 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Moscow accounted for 1,119 of Russia's 1,823 stories about harm, carried by 1,155 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Plane crash was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave and snowstorms.
168 of its 194 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tripoli accounted for 160 of Libya's 168 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
219 of its 288 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 140 of Afghanistan's 219 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
182 of its 232 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Idlib accounted for 125 of Syria's 182 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
61 of its 105 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Wildfires were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
29 of its 91 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 12 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (49 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in UK (784 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Puerto Rico (35 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); helicopter crash in Venezuela (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rubella in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 33,879 stories about harm among 171,137 counted on 6 May.
On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 171,137 stories, as usual. Niger's news was 96% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. On 6 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 24 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.
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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