We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
124 of its 147 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Tirana accounted for 121 of Albania's 124 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. 121 of Tirana's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
219 of its 227 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Dablo accounted for 154 of Burkina Faso's 219 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
157 of its 327 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Curacao accounted for 142 of the Netherlands' 157 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 133 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
350 of its 946 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Cyclone was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms.
147 of its 262 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Havana accounted for 133 of Cuba's 147 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 125 of Havana's 133 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories).
59 of its 142 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 32 of Warsaw's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
153 of its 187 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
76 of its 217 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 42 of Beirut's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
168 of its 821 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
642 of its 913 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 189 of Gaza's 276 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 75 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Panama (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Bangladesh (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Sudan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Myanmar (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 19,206 stories about harm among 97,896 counted on 12 May.
In Albania, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 97,896 stories, as usual. Mentions of respiratory illness ran about 5 times their usual in the Netherlands' news. A year earlier, on 12 May 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Syria, 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 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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