We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
523 of its 640 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Khartoum accounted for 316 of Sudan's 523 stories about harm, carried by 579 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
195 of its 850 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Paris accounted for 134 of France's 195 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. 90 of Paris' 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
140 of its 301 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
85 of its 296 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
272 of its 764 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Train derailment was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
66 of its 132 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 32 of Kashmir's 66 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Polio was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
165 of its 232 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
59 of its 93 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jenin accounted for 21 of Palestine's 59 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.
30 of its 62 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Vietnam (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Philippines (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Russia (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Israel (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 19,000 stories about harm among 105,132 counted on 1 May.
The news turned to Sudan for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 105,132 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vietnam's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 1 May 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Sudan's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 73%. Over April, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 in April 2022.
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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