We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
144 of its 221 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 144 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
119 of its 382 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Jeddah accounted for 78 of Saudi Arabia's 119 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 77 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 268 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
54 of its 101 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Plane crash was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
222 of its 846 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Flooding was named in 100 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, storms and heatwave.
16 of its 41 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 13 of Tbilisi's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
375 of its 1,899 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
13 of its 37 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 184 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Italy (100 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Colombia (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Vietnam (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 21,395 stories about harm among 118,745 counted on 19 May.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 118,745 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 19 May 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 softer 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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