We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
395 of its 1,178 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 274 of Russia's 395 stories about harm, carried by 442 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 95 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Poisoning was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 180 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Pyongyang accounted for 48 of North Korea's 63 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).
34 of its 73 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 128 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 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.
164 of its 631 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Seoul accounted for 133 of South Korea's 164 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 94 of Sudan's 144 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 53 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
94 of its 345 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Kashmir (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 21,588 stories about harm among 124,171 counted on 31 May.
Namibia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 124,171 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 31 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 17 today. Russia stood out: 34% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%.
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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