We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
137 of its 221 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 59 of Iran's 137 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Building collapse was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 72 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
28 of its 41 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 7 of Khartoum's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
82 of its 252 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories).
287 of its 738 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 78 of Islamabad's 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories).
87 of its 314 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 21 of Yemen's 30 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Ankara accounted for 58 of Türkiye's 112 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Dust storm was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Gas explosion was named in 10 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.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Spain (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Belize (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); ebola in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Iraq (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 18,984 stories about harm among 85,244 counted on 24 May.
The news turned to Iran for the third day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 85,244 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Spain's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 24 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Iran's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%.
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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