We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
867 of its 1,251 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Budapest accounted for 857 of Hungary's 867 stories about harm, carried by 826 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hypothermia was named in 177 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
297 of its 992 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (95 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
163 of its 246 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tripoli accounted for 87 of Libya's 91 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
149 of its 205 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. San Salvador accounted for 147 of el Salvador's 149 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Earthquake was named in 144 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with tsunami.
245 of its 310 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Idlib accounted for 143 of Syria's 245 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
485 of its 1,815 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Road crashes were named in 104 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Beira accounted for 54 of Mozambique's 76 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Storms were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in El Salvador (144 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in Mozambique (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Burkina Faso (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 35,958 stories about harm among 194,429 counted on 30 May.
In Hungary, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 11% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 194,429 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 9 times their usual in el Salvador's news. A year earlier, on 30 May 2018, 21 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 much 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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