We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
90 of its 136 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Mahdia accounted for 57 of Guyana's 90 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
426 of its 1,219 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hanoi accounted for 272 of Vietnam's 426 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
405 of its 1,224 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 145 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Mount Everest accounted for 39 of Nepal's 64 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories).
84 of its 317 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Geneva accounted for 64 of Switzerland's 84 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 103 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 105 of Sudan's 165 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
130 of its 161 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Storm surge was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, hurricane and cyclone.
16 of its 24 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Guam (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Africa (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Egypt (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in Brazil (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 21,236 stories about harm among 119,937 counted on 23 May.
Guyana's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 119,937 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Guam's news mentioned storm surge more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Guyana. On 23 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, 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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