We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
101 of its 121 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 60 of Cuba's 101 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 80 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mount Everest accounted for 27 of Nepal's 45 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 97 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
12 of Wan Chai's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).
42 of its 54 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. New Providence accounted for 21 of the Bahamas' 42 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
99 of its 182 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
232 of its 400 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 106 of Israel's 232 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
616 of its 1,156 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 87 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Philippines (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in UK (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 9,028 stories about harm among 39,298 counted on 8 May.
For the third day running, the news turned to Cuba. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 39,298 stories, as usual. Mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual in Bangladesh's news. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US. Cuba stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. This week the news turned most often to Cuba, on 3 of 7 days.
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 harsher 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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