We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
265 of its 428 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Malaria was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hiv and plague. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 71 of Afghanistan's 109 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
7 of Guayaquil's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tripoli accounted for 35 of Libya's 40 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
126 of its 189 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Dhaka accounted for 56 of Bangladesh's 126 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
188 of its 325 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Plane crash was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 93 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Santiago accounted for 35 of Chile's 55 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets.
61 of its 101 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
9 of its 12 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
49 of its 125 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Pakistan (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Switzerland (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Kashmir (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 32,037 stories about harm among 99,974 counted on 26 May.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Brazil. A year earlier, on 27 May 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 32 in every 100 of the day's 99,974 stories, below the usual 35. Brazil's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%.
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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