We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 67 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tigray accounted for 20 of Ethiopia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Drought was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cyclone and heavy rain.
15 of its 17 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 36 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Polio was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
81 of its 288 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
84 of its 125 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Pyongyang accounted for 63 of North Korea's 84 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
93 of its 450 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Food poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Train derailment was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger, wildfires and avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
53 of its 187 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 47 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
22 of its 30 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in North Korea (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 19,081 stories about harm among 88,206 counted on 19 May.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Ukraine. of the day's 88,206 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 19 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Ethiopia's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%.
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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