We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 118 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Recife accounted for 40 of Brazil's 66 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Khartoum accounted for 25 of Sudan's 35 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 22 of Khartoum's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 52 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Building collapse was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
154 of its 235 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pokhara accounted for 89 of Nepal's 154 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories).
82 of its 188 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Hurricane was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and storms.
29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories).
17 of its 51 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Tropical storm was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
7 of Davos' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in US (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 9,230 stories about harm among 39,164 counted on 29 May.
For the third day running, the news turned to Brazil. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 39,164 stories, above the usual 22. Brazil's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. On 29 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Brazil, on 4 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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