We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 211 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Havana accounted for 90 of Cuba's 133 stories about harm, carried by 378 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 39 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Sanaa accounted for 25 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 44 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 10 of Minsk's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
70 of its 114 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Anantnag accounted for 35 of Kashmir's 70 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.
274 of its 487 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 153 of Israel's 274 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (171 stories). Poisoning was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Cyclone was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with poisoning, food poisoning and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 3 of Arusha's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
46 of its 181 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Afghanistan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in China (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Canada (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 17,557 stories about harm among 81,728 counted on 6 May.
Cuba's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 81,728 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cuba, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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