We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
669 of its 1,151 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Plague was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of Birkenau's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
351 of its 383 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Avalanche was named in 337 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 186 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
550 of its 2,379 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Wildfires were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
98 of its 120 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
453 of its 802 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 367 of Venezuela's 453 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. 238 of Caracas' 367 stories were about protests or strikes.
161 of its 260 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
264 of its 346 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Idlib accounted for 139 of Syria's 264 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 216 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Mexico (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in France (103 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in South Africa (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Norway (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 37,210 stories about harm among 203,334 counted on 9 May.
In Vatican City's news, mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 203,334 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 9 May 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Israel, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual.
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 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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