We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
48 of its 62 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Quito accounted for 23 of Ecuador's 48 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 15 of Quito's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 75 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 35 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 15 of Haiti's 26 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 112 of Israel's 197 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
297 of its 442 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Colombo accounted for 255 of Sri Lanka's 297 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. 241 of Colombo's 255 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of Manila's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Vientiane accounted for 13 of Laos' 17 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets.
88 of its 137 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories).
12 of its 29 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Natural hazards were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
9 of its 18 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Côte d’Ivoire (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Austria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in India (78 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 18,666 stories about harm among 86,838 counted on 10 May.
Ecuador's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. of the day's 86,838 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 10 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 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 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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