We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
161 of its 190 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Roatan accounted for 102 of Honduras' 161 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Plane crash was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
114 of its 186 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 96 of Sudan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. 96 of Khartoum's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (53 stories).
483 of its 1,246 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Outbreaks were named in 105 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
96 of its 180 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
457 of its 654 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Giza accounted for 430 of Egypt's 457 stories about harm, carried by 660 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (405 stories).
266 of its 477 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Geneva accounted for 192 of Switzerland's 266 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
69 of its 196 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 12 of Managua's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
186 of its 683 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 27 of Milan's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories).
263 of its 481 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 199 of Iraq's 263 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (56 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Caledonia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Israel (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Canada (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,445 stories about harm among 97,260 counted on 19 May.
Honduras stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in Honduras' news. A year earlier, on 19 May 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 97,260 stories, below the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 3 of 7 days.
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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