We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,156 of its 1,661 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 971 of Israel's 1,156 stories about harm, carried by 1,007 outlets. 563 of Jerusalem's 971 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (680 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
435 of its 922 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. 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 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 100 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 27 of Kashmir's 68 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 32 of Palestine's 65 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 87 of Afghanistan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 206 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 32 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Bangkok accounted for 49 of Thailand's 108 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories).
Also named far more than usual: meningitis in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 22,963 stories about harm among 92,920 counted on 11 May.
The news turned to Israel for the fourth day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,920 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 11 May 2020, 34 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Israel's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%.
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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