We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
45 of its 70 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Illness was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
80 of its 140 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Yanaquihua accounted for 43 of Peru's 80 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
331 of its 757 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 142 of Ukraine's 331 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 100 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 143 of Russia's 270 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 41 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Pinsk's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
86 of its 167 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
273 of its 937 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Heatwave was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and storms. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 96 of Sudan's 194 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (170 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Congo (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Vietnam (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,444 stories about harm among 107,693 counted on 8 May.
The Dominican Republic's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 107,693 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 8 May 2022, 23 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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