We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
175 of its 251 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 33 of Kampala's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tripoli accounted for 17 of Libya's 32 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 73 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Illness was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
77 of its 102 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Homesh accounted for 48 of Palestine's 77 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories).
65 of its 124 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Tsunami was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 30 of Syria's 51 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 78 of Sudan's 153 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts and covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (72 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Italy (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 14,484 stories about harm among 79,607 counted on 29 May.
Uganda's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. of the day's 79,607 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda's news mentioned HIV about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 29 May 2022, 24 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 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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