We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
195 of its 235 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Caracas accounted for 133 of Venezuela's 195 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
91 of its 114 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 45 of Somalia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Plane crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 44 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
3 of Buea's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Kabul accounted for 46 of Afghanistan's 102 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
47 of its 96 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 102 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
20 of its 33 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
198 of its 341 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Malaria was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in France (66 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hunger in Bangladesh (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Kenya (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Ireland (19 of its stories, more than ten 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 41,186 stories about harm among 117,776 counted on 5 May.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 March 2020. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about India and Nigeria. the news turned to Venezuela for the second day running. 35 in every 100 of the day's 117,776 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 39.
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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