We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
382 of its 646 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jerusalem accounted for 333 of Israel's 382 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. 239 of Jerusalem's 333 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
262 of its 305 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 213 of Afghanistan's 262 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Ndjamena accounted for 28 of Chad's 37 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 47 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
4 of Jacarezinho's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Vientiane accounted for 16 of Laos' 16 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.
27 of its 32 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 65 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kathmandu accounted for 24 of Nepal's 43 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Australia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in UK (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 10,974 stories about harm among 41,217 counted on 9 May.
Mentions of Covid ran more than ten times their usual in Chad's news. of the day's 41,217 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 25. the news turned to Israel for the second day running. A year earlier, on 9 May 2020, 36 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. In Israel, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Colombia, 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 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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