We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 109 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tsunami. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,254 of its 1,869 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jerusalem accounted for 849 of Israel's 1,254 stories about harm, carried by 1,064 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
79 of its 187 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Taipei accounted for 60 of Taiwan's 79 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
3 of Vienna's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tunis accounted for 19 of Tunisia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 131 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Gaza accounted for 81 of Palestine's 121 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Cyclone was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 105 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 182 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Switzerland (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 21,217 stories about harm among 86,627 counted on 14 May.
Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 8 times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 86,627 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 May 2020, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Indonesia stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.
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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