We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Islamabad accounted for 106 of Pakistan's 285 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Avalanche was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
196 of its 469 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 143 of Ukraine's 196 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
82 of its 142 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
76 of its 231 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 53 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Beirut accounted for 17 of Lebanon's 22 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 223 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
5 of its 9 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (49 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Vietnam (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Iran (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 10,245 stories about harm among 56,745 counted on 28 May.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 56,745 stories, as usual. On 28 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Cameroon, on 4 of 7 days.
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 much harsher 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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