We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 265 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Khartoum accounted for 132 of Sudan's 147 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 126 of Khartoum's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
400 of its 931 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Seoul accounted for 317 of South Korea's 400 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (174 stories). Flu was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with bird flu.
21 of its 47 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).
44 of its 52 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Guayaquil's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
108 of its 188 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bogota accounted for 83 of Colombia's 108 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. 50 of Bogota's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Avalanche was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
546 of its 795 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Budapest accounted for 529 of Hungary's 546 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).
164 of its 243 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
339 of its 941 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Tsunami was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
35 of its 84 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Burkina Faso (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Colombia (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Austria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Israel (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 33,562 stories about harm among 180,422 counted on 31 May.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Mexico and the US. 19 in every 100 of the day's 180,422 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 31 May 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Sudan stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 47%.
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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