We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,386 of its 1,959 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Jerusalem accounted for 749 of Israel's 1,386 stories about harm, carried by 928 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (72 stories). Power cuts were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,938 of its 4,217 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (105 stories). Cyclone was named in 438 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and flooding.
9 of its 12 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of San Salvador's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
64 of its 106 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 38 of Kashmir's 64 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 112 of Palestine's 160 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 67 of Afghanistan's 108 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
100 of its 200 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Taipei accounted for 78 of Taiwan's 100 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets.
67 of its 195 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 35 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Jersey (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in United Arab Emirates (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Indonesia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Pakistan (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Canada (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 20,321 stories about harm among 81,468 counted on 17 May.
The news turned to Israel for the tenth day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 81,468 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Jersey's news, mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US. On 17 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 25 today.
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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