We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
419 of its 1,694 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 169 of Rome's 250 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (265 stories). Plague was named in 167 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
410 of its 648 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Mount Everest accounted for 298 of Nepal's 410 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
161 of its 415 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vienna accounted for 151 of Austria's 161 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
215 of its 408 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 133 of Iraq's 215 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
114 of its 389 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 39 of Bangkok's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
147 of its 466 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
256 of its 677 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
183 of its 500 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
86 of its 112 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Yangon accounted for 66 of Myanmar's 86 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
438 of its 1,976 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (261 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Cuba (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Lesotho (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (3072 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Ghana (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 36,588 stories about harm among 193,464 counted on 29 May.
Mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual in Cuba's news. of the day's 193,464 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 May 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Italy's news was 25% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%.
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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