We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 198 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kratie accounted for 84 of Cambodia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Poisoning was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
129 of its 215 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tunis accounted for 107 of Tunisia's 129 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 83 of Tunis' 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
181 of its 185 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Bangui accounted for 180 of the Central African Republic's 181 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
697 of its 1,546 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (384 stories). Gas explosion was named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
575 of its 1,310 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 315 of Moscow's 440 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (389 stories). Flu was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
123 of its 384 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 45 of Harare's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
512 of its 587 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jastrzebie accounted for 395 of Poland's 512 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
289 of its 358 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
180 of its 254 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 100 of Iraq's 180 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).
22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in US (1733 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Namibia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 25,457 stories about harm among 104,179 counted on 6 May.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Cambodia's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 104,179 stories, above the usual 21. This week the news turned most often to the Central African Republic, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.
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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