We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 86 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tirana accounted for 53 of Albania's 55 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 53 of Tirana's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
196 of its 261 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Tsunami was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
191 of its 206 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Dablo accounted for 144 of Burkina Faso's 191 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
640 of its 996 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 514 of Sweden's 640 stories about harm, carried by 638 outlets. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
117 of its 227 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 73 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Flooding was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
175 of its 277 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 90 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 36 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
37 of its 68 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 3 of Yaounde's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Croatia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (45 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tsunami in Costa Rica (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Norway (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Lebanon (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 31,324 stories about harm among 171,807 counted on 13 May.
Croatia's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 171,807 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the second day running, the news turned to Albania. Albania stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. A year earlier, on 13 May 2018, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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