We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
999 of its 1,138 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 610 of Afghanistan's 999 stories about harm, carried by 576 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Road crashes were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
750 of its 1,014 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cairo accounted for 706 of Egypt's 750 stories about harm, carried by 653 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (608 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 40 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Agua Zarca accounted for 36 of Honduras' 38 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 36 of Agua Zarca's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 315 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
737 of its 841 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 559 of Syria's 737 stories about harm, carried by 459 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
683 of its 2,621 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Storms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
124 of its 372 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 41 of Tehran's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
73 of its 122 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Wildfires were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
56 of its 64 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 5 of Paga Hill's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories).
87 of its 121 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Cambodia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Bulgaria (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Lebanon (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Liberia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Malaysia (40 of its stories, more than ten 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 33,249 stories about harm among 152,901 counted on 8 May.
Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Cambodia's news. of the day's 152,901 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Canada and China. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Afghanistan, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 66% is usual.
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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