We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 114 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 47 of Iraq's 73 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 34 of Baghdad's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
436 of its 584 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Konarak accounted for 168 of Iran's 436 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (265 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
281 of its 535 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Seoul accounted for 168 of South Korea's 281 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
49 of its 67 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 45 of Libya's 49 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
92 of its 161 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 40 of Mong Kok's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 53 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
44 of its 114 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Malawi (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Bangladesh (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Israel (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Canada (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 34,153 stories about harm among 100,870 counted on 11 May.
Mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual in Malawi's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Iraq. Stories about people being harmed made up 34 in every 100 of the day's 100,870 stories, below the usual 37. On 12 May 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 34 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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