We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
331 of its 536 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 192 of Israel's 331 stories about harm, carried by 564 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
180 of its 342 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 55 of Bangladesh's 180 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Cyclone was named in 150 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, storm surge and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
505 of its 937 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Islamabad accounted for 198 of Pakistan's 505 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 107 of Islamabad's 198 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 59 of Sudan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 40 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 45 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
90 of its 290 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (50 stories).
14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 62 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lima accounted for 18 of Peru's 23 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Heavy rain was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and house fires.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Myanmar (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 12,457 stories about harm among 69,537 counted on 13 May.
The news turned to Israel for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 69,537 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. A year earlier, on 13 May 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Israel's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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