We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
303 of its 350 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabul accounted for 251 of Afghanistan's 303 stories about harm, carried by 398 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as angry as the world's.
502 of its 1,069 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 15 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 4 of Niamey's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
73 of its 120 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jenin accounted for 51 of Palestine's 73 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 42 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 26 of Libya's 29 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
229 of its 456 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Seoul accounted for 133 of South Korea's 229 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Ebola was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 35 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
71 of its 136 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 22 of Mong Kok's 34 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Somalia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Malawi (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Poland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 39,385 stories about harm among 114,639 counted on 12 May.
In the Bahamas' news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 13 May 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 34 today. 34 in every 100 of the day's 114,639 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 37. In Afghanistan, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 71% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 34 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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