We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
213 of its 412 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Nairobi accounted for 76 of Kenya's 213 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Landslides were named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 138 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Herat accounted for 42 of Afghanistan's 82 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 54 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 7 of Almaty's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 104 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 109 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
30 of its 59 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tbilisi accounted for 26 of Georgia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. 21 of Tbilisi's 26 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 36 of Iran's 69 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 288 of Palestine's 361 stories about harm, carried by 320 outlets. 146 of Gaza's 288 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Kashmir (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in South Korea (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Taiwan (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Philippines (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in China (28 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 Apr. 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 20,114 stories about harm among 111,353 counted on 30 Apr.
For the second day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,353 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. On 1 May 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as 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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