We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
213 of its 265 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Pulwama accounted for 103 of Kashmir's 213 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 91 of Bangladesh's 167 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 35 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%.
128 of its 170 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Caracas accounted for 74 of Venezuela's 128 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories).
Kabul accounted for 56 of Afghanistan's 105 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 46 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
56 of its 122 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
52 of its 144 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Sanaa accounted for 31 of Yemen's 56 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Somalia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in France (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Ireland (26 of its stories, more than ten 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 41,647 stories about harm among 120,425 counted on 6 May.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 13 March 2020. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 35 in every 100 of the day's 120,425 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 38. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their 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 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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