We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,511 of its 2,218 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,103 of Israel's 1,511 stories about harm, carried by 1,086 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
76 of its 177 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Taipei accounted for 49 of Taiwan's 76 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 13 of Khartoum's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
67 of its 131 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
98 of its 194 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Bangkok accounted for 68 of Thailand's 98 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).
66 of its 121 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Covid was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 12 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 3 of Managua's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
40 of its 105 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
22 of its 51 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Indonesia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Liberia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Ireland (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in China (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 22,787 stories about harm among 93,386 counted on 13 May.
For the sixth day running, the news turned to Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 93,386 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 13 May 2020, 34 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Israel stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%.
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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