We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 214 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
71 of its 99 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vientiane accounted for 16 of Laos' 20 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 15 of Vientiane's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.
114 of its 381 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Covid was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
108 of its 153 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Nablus accounted for 59 of Palestine's 108 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
377 of its 933 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kyiv accounted for 204 of Ukraine's 377 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
622 of its 1,518 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kremlin accounted for 517 of Russia's 622 stories about harm, carried by 717 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 223 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 171 of Sudan's 343 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Zambia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Vietnam (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (72 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 23,993 stories about harm among 133,508 counted on 4 May.
Rwanda's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 133,508 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kashmir, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 4 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 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 about as 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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