We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,146 of its 2,125 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Moscow accounted for 950 of Russia's 1,146 stories about harm, carried by 940 outlets. 639 of Moscow's 950 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (686 stories). Landslides were named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
230 of its 625 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (82 stories). Accidents were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
558 of its 1,351 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Gas explosion was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 60 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
48 of its 54 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Noumea accounted for 38 of New Caledonia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 38 of Noumea's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 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.
70 of its 127 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Havana accounted for 59 of Cuba's 70 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 40 of Havana's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
409 of its 470 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Jastrzebie accounted for 324 of Poland's 409 stories about harm, carried by 394 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories).
90 of its 222 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
290 of its 391 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 93 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 4 of Mikocheni's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Wildfires were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Armenia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (32 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Nicaragua (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in North Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Somalia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 27,877 stories about harm among 118,889 counted on 5 May.
Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 118,889 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Armenia's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Russia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%.
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 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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