We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 84 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
91 of its 218 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bamako accounted for 73 of Mali's 91 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
55 of its 85 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 23 of Baghdad's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
448 of its 708 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Minsk accounted for 387 of Belarus' 448 stories about harm, carried by 487 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
190 of its 462 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
90 of its 180 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
68 of its 186 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions 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.
36 of its 104 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 52 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
25 of its 66 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 8 of Sohar's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Congo (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Kyrgyzstan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); accidents in Malaysia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 21,600 stories about harm among 89,309 counted on 25 May.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Rwanda. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 89,309 stories, as usual. On 25 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 24 today. In Rwanda, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.
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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