We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
58 of its 66 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kivu accounted for 43 of Rwanda's 58 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Heavy rain was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
211 of its 649 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Hanoi accounted for 121 of Vietnam's 211 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Heatwave was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought.
178 of its 447 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). 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.
30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 12 of Baghdad's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 54 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 422 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Arab League accounted for 40 of Egypt's 56 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Tehran accounted for 31 of Iran's 62 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
95 of its 147 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (111 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Egypt (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 11,662 stories about harm among 60,003 counted on 7 May.
The news turned to Rwanda for the fifth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 60,003 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. In Rwanda's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 May 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Rwanda's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 55%. This week the news turned most often to Rwanda, on 5 of 7 days.
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 much 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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