We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 82 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 16 of Bogota's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
38 of its 63 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ramallah accounted for 26 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 63 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 30 of Myanmar's 51 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 29 of Yangon's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 60 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Windhoek accounted for 24 of Namibia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
143 of its 201 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 243 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 97 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories).
107 of its 192 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Libya (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 18,753 stories about harm among 75,093 counted on 3 May.
25 in every 100 of the day's 75,093 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 May 2020, 38 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.
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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