We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
838 of its 1,310 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jerusalem accounted for 748 of Israel's 838 stories about harm, carried by 847 outlets. 486 of Jerusalem's 748 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (512 stories). Natural hazards were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
95 of its 229 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bucharest accounted for 55 of Romania's 95 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 46 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Mogadishu accounted for 23 of Somalia's 33 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 70 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%.
285 of its 382 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 191 of Afghanistan's 285 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 98 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 16 of Karbala's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 83 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 10 of Bogota's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
203 of its 705 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice 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.
9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Spain (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in China (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 20,088 stories about harm among 81,005 counted on 10 May.
For the third day running, the news turned to Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 81,005 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Myanmar's news. On 10 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 38 in every 100, against 25 today. Israel stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%.
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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