We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
82 of its 96 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sittwe accounted for 51 of Myanmar's 82 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Storms were named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge, hurricane and typhoon.
154 of its 394 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 32 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.
Islamabad accounted for 154 of Pakistan's 388 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. 102 of Islamabad's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 100 of Sudan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
175 of its 315 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (60 stories). Storm surge was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, hurricane and typhoon.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 32 of Palestine's 87 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 53 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
252 of its 759 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories).
10 of its 26 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Bangladesh (54 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Denmark (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 19,632 stories about harm among 111,720 counted on 15 May.
In Myanmar's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,720 stories, as usual. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. A year earlier, on 15 May 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Myanmar stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%.
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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