We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
77 of its 120 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Ushuaia accounted for 43 of Argentina's 77 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 117 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Beirut accounted for 50 of Lebanon's 80 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 228 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). HIV was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
88 of its 242 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Amsterdam accounted for 45 of the Netherlands' 88 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
187 of its 570 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (106 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
54 of its 196 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 104 of Russia's 157 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Botswana (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in France (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Ukraine (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Netherlands (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in South Africa (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 13,395 stories about harm among 78,635 counted on 8 May.
On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 78,635 stories, as usual. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Argentina. Argentina stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%.
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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