We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Yerevan accounted for 43 of Armenia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 34 of Yerevan's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 19 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
40 of its 48 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 17 of Somalia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
5 of its 9 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tunis accounted for 12 of Tunisia's 14 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. 7 of Tunis' 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
Jakarta accounted for 26 of Indonesia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Hepatitis was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Tsunami was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 5 of Punta del Este's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
12 of its 13 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in India (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,064 stories about harm among 83,440 counted on 3 May.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 21 February 2020. 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,440 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. In Indonesia's news, mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Armenia for the second day running. A year earlier, on 3 May 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 much 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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