We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 74 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 45 of Libya's 50 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 101 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 43 of Iraq's 63 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 24 of Baghdad's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
194 of its 303 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Seoul accounted for 154 of South Korea's 194 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
22 of its 34 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
154 of its 281 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 104 of Iran's 154 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
70 of its 85 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
53 of its 73 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 33 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
78 of its 169 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Hong Kong (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in India (42 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in US (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 20,132 stories about harm among 53,509 counted on 10 May.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about India and Nigeria. 38 in every 100 of the day's 53,509 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Libya. A year earlier, on 11 May 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 38 today. Libya's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 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 much harsher 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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