We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
199 of its 380 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Gaza accounted for 123 of Palestine's 199 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 94 of Gaza's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
140 of its 184 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kokopo accounted for 108 of Papua New Guinea's 140 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
40 of its 47 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 31 of Niger's 40 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
73 of its 171 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Drought was named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger.
243 of its 424 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Khartoum accounted for 195 of Sudan's 243 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 188 of Khartoum's 195 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (144 stories).
539 of its 1,379 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Meningitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
141 of its 181 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Hodeida accounted for 81 of Yemen's 141 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
347 of its 778 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Oil spill was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
129 of its 328 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Avalanche was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
661 of its 2,366 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); oil spill in Saudi Arabia (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Germany (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 36,810 stories about harm among 199,169 counted on 15 May.
In Nepal'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 199,169 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 15 May 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Palestine, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% 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 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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