We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
628 of its 1,031 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Nairobi accounted for 540 of Kenya's 628 stories about harm, carried by 469 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 52 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
103 of its 137 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tirana accounted for 101 of Albania's 103 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 98 of Tirana's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 765 of Syria's 999 stories about harm, carried by 694 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (156 stories). Hunger was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
115 of its 125 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bratislava accounted for 112 of Slovakia's 115 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
184 of its 452 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 74 of Hanoi's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (125 stories). Poisoning was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,422 of its 1,838 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Baghdad accounted for 1,068 of Iraq's 1,422 stories about harm, carried by 800 outlets. 806 of Baghdad's 1,068 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (836 stories).
387 of its 618 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 147 of Tangail's 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (210 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
157 of its 203 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,405 of its 1,679 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,121 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
383 of its 1,119 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Vietnam (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Puerto Rico (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Sudan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 33,845 stories about harm among 168,050 counted on 1 May.
Vietnam's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 168,050 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Palestine and Syria. the news turned to Kenya for the second day running. Kenya's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them. Over April, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.
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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