We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 67 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mogadishu accounted for 29 of Somalia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 81 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 41 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 21 of Haiti's 26 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Sanaa accounted for 13 of Yemen's 23 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
70 of its 107 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 11 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.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (153 stories). Hunger was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 97 of Israel's 195 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ukraine (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dust storm in India (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in UK (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 17,662 stories about harm among 85,893 counted on 4 May.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Somalia. of the day's 85,893 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Ukraine's news mentioned the hunger about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Somalia, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 63% 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 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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