We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
734 of its 1,268 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kyiv accounted for 306 of Ukraine's 734 stories about harm, carried by 752 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (222 stories). Flooding was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis, tornadoes and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
12 of its 29 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 9 of Casablanca's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
88 of its 118 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 75 of Afghanistan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 89 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Taipei accounted for 33 of Taiwan's 43 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets.
42 of its 105 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 6 of Cairo's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
80 of its 307 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 33 of Paris' 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
Istanbul accounted for 20 of Türkiye's 28 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 17 of Istanbul's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).
35 of Ottawa's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
192 of its 543 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories).
316 of its 764 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Italy (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in India (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hepatitis in US (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 9,283 stories about harm among 39,823 counted on 1 May.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US. of the day's 39,823 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. On 1 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. In Ukraine, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 3 of 7 days. Over April, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 in April 2021.
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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