We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
80 of its 101 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 36 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vientiane accounted for 22 of Laos' 26 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 19 of Vientiane's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
703 of its 1,427 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kremlin accounted for 550 of Russia's 703 stories about harm, carried by 943 outlets. Train derailment was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
132 of its 371 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (60 stories). Covid was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
47 of its 90 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Minsk accounted for 42 of Belarus' 47 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 22 of Minsk's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
80 of its 140 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Gaza accounted for 42 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 22 of Gaza's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 149 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Avalanche was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 217 of Sudan's 381 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 20 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Mexico (42 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Italy (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 24,522 stories about harm among 132,048 counted on 3 May.
In Brazil's news, mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 132,048 stories, as usual. Rwanda's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 3 May 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
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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