We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
453 of its 569 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Havana accounted for 378 of Cuba's 453 stories about harm, carried by 405 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Hurricane was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 112 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 122 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Ouagadougou accounted for 85 of Burkina Faso's 86 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
55 of Nuevo Laredo's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
94 of its 295 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Plane crash was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
60 of its 208 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Plague was named in 46 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.
645 of its 1,571 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Heatwave was named in 182 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and heatstroke. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Marib accounted for 75 of Yemen's 108 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Hunger was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
122 of its 246 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 101 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Cyclone was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (70 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Hong Kong (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (82 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (48 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (39 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 42,240 stories about harm among 212,426 counted on 22 May.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 212,426 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about 4 times as often as usual. Cuba's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%. A year earlier, on 22 May 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
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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