We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
166 of its 196 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Pyongyang accounted for 130 of North Korea's 166 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
71 of its 95 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
307 of its 548 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 202 of Israel's 307 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. 108 of Jerusalem's 202 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories).
Colombo accounted for 101 of Sri Lanka's 135 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. 88 of Colombo's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
141 of its 189 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jammu accounted for 86 of Kashmir's 141 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
83 of its 315 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Outbreaks were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 31 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in South Africa (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Russia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 18,180 stories about harm among 82,884 counted on 13 May.
North Korea's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 82,884 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Korea. It was the second day running that the news turned to North Korea. A year earlier, on 13 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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 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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