We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Kabul accounted for 33 of Afghanistan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
120 of its 276 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 158 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 5 of Damascus' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
12 of its 23 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 4 of Conakry's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
80 of its 170 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 23 of Colombo's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Tsunami was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
39 of its 79 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories).
39 of its 75 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Phnom Penh accounted for 23 of Cambodia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.
6 of its 9 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Iraq (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hepatitis in Indonesia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in China (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 18,241 stories about harm among 87,074 counted on 5 May.
Of the day's 87,074 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 5 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 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 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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