We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
841 of its 1,434 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Islamabad accounted for 557 of Pakistan's 841 stories about harm, carried by 504 outlets. 420 of Islamabad's 557 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (310 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
170 of its 217 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 96 of Tunisia's 170 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
78 of its 300 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 123 of Sudan's 220 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Hunger was named in 15 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.
492 of its 863 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
153 of its 202 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gaza accounted for 74 of Palestine's 153 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 36 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
49 of its 166 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
21 of its 50 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Finland (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Tonga (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (38 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (135 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 23,782 stories about harm among 131,462 counted on 10 May.
The news turned to Pakistan for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 131,462 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Finland's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. On 10 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Pakistan's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%.
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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