We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 23 of Sudan's 38 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 20 of Khartoum's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
263 of its 323 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Pokhara accounted for 162 of Nepal's 263 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (205 stories). Plane crash was named in 99 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kigali accounted for 25 of Rwanda's 41 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Hepatitis was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
88 of its 181 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Recife accounted for 51 of Brazil's 88 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
134 of its 257 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Storm surge was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
23 of its 65 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 14 of Yerevan's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Mexico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Iran (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Ukraine (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kenya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in China (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 14,101 stories about harm among 61,050 counted on 30 May.
Nepal's news mentioned plane crash more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 61,050 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. A year earlier, on 30 May 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Sudan's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.
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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