We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
74 of its 123 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 20 of Bogota's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 96 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
67 of its 101 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kathmandu accounted for 45 of Nepal's 67 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories).
57 of its 124 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 171 of Israel's 245 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 94 of Jerusalem's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
145 of its 300 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
27 of its 47 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tunis accounted for 24 of Tunisia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 183 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Colombo accounted for 48 of Sri Lanka's 73 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (112 stories). Malaria was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Malaysia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in US (57 of its stories, about 5 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 21,541 stories about harm among 89,707 counted on 7 May.
For the sixth day running, the news turned to Colombia. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 89,707 stories, below the usual 25. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In Malaysia's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. On 7 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 34 in every 100, against 24 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 much 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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