We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
130 of its 192 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Storsandskar accounted for 112 of Sweden's 130 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories). Plane crash 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.
255 of its 313 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kathmandu accounted for 191 of Nepal's 255 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Landslides were named in 227 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
209 of its 239 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kismayo accounted for 172 of Somalia's 209 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. 99 of Kismayo's 172 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
174 of its 541 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Illness was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
305 of its 432 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Maluku accounted for 146 of Indonesia's 305 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (195 stories). Tsunami was named in 259 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
122 of its 143 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Khartoum accounted for 98 of Sudan's 122 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. 96 of Khartoum's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 63 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Storms were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
10,492 of its 27,801 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (727 stories). Hurricane was named in 2,183 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts, tropical storm and storms.
499 of its 1,882 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Tsunami was named in 121 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 49 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (259 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Azerbaijan (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Tunisia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Australia (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (2183 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Jul. 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 22,244 stories about harm among 83,746 counted on 14 Jul.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 15 September 2018. Sweden stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 27 in every 100 of the day's 83,746 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. This week the news turned most often to Nepal, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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