We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
100 of its 180 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Causeway Bay accounted for 66 of Hong Kong's 100 stories about harm, carried by 427 outlets. 60 of Causeway Bay's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
310 of its 548 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Karachi accounted for 151 of Pakistan's 310 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Plane crash was named in 108 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 39 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%.
38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 8 of Baghdad's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 148 of Israel's 223 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. 83 of Jerusalem's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
105 of its 167 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Zealand (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Israel (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 17,428 stories about harm among 49,691 counted on 24 May.
Of the day's 49,691 news stories, 35 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 May 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 35 today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 4 of 7 days.
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 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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