We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
318 of its 469 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kathmandu accounted for 152 of Nepal's 318 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
205 of its 460 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 75 of Amazonas' 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 49 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. la Paz accounted for 38 of Bolivia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
168 of its 279 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 112 of Iraq's 168 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 99 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (38 stories). Road crashes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
149 of its 236 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (104 stories). Power cuts were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
91 of its 313 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 36 of Odessa's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).
67 of its 74 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 66 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 33 of Sittwe's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
83 of Madrid's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Kuwait (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in French Polynesia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Norway (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in DR Congo (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Sweden (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 22,816 stories about harm among 128,049 counted on 27 May.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Nepal. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 128,049 stories, below the usual 19. Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in Kuwait's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 27 May 2018, 22 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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