We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
130 of its 176 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Ramallah accounted for 92 of Palestine's 130 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
121 of its 152 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Jammu accounted for 61 of Kashmir's 121 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
131 of its 174 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Caracas accounted for 70 of Venezuela's 131 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories).
24 of its 38 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
112 of its 244 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dubai accounted for 91 of the United Arab Emirates' 112 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).
50 of its 55 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 123 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Kabul accounted for 46 of Afghanistan's 109 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with poisoning.
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Rwanda (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Uganda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in South Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 40,309 stories about harm among 117,880 counted on 7 May.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 13 March 2020. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Rwanda's news. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 34 in every 100 of the day's 117,880 stories, below the usual 38.
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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