We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
80 of its 147 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Mount Everest accounted for 38 of Nepal's 80 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
110 of its 175 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 36 of Palestine's 110 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
188 of its 539 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 27 of Nairobi's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 265 of Sudan's 485 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories). Hunger was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
123 of its 181 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Aleppo accounted for 55 of Syria's 123 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
380 of its 803 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 147 of Israel's 380 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 79 of Jerusalem's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 152 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 40 of Kashmir's 67 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Vietnam (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Russia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Philippines (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 22,974 stories about harm among 129,878 counted on 2 May.
Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 129,878 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 2 May 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Nepal's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.
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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