We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
963 of its 1,212 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jakarta accounted for 883 of Indonesia's 963 stories about harm, carried by 717 outlets. 838 of Jakarta's 883 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
349 of its 817 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Nairobi accounted for 235 of Kenya's 349 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (213 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
170 of its 219 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Mogadishu accounted for 116 of Somalia's 170 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
131 of its 470 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Earthquake was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
241 of its 512 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Pyongyang accounted for 227 of North Korea's 241 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
16 of Algiers' 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Malaria was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
75 of its 235 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
42 of its 63 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
163 of its 264 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
47 of its 70 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Venezuela (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Algeria (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Argentina (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Mali (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 36,531 stories about harm among 199,388 counted on 22 May.
Venezuela's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 199,388 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to Indonesia. Indonesia stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. On 22 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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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