We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 111 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tbilisi accounted for 83 of Georgia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 83 of Tbilisi's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
177 of its 320 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Nairobi accounted for 88 of Kenya's 177 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
36 of its 66 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 22 of Lebanon's 36 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
310 of its 1,590 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tornadoes.
76 of its 146 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 38 of Iran's 76 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
582 of Hamilton Hall's 758 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (200 stories). West Nile virus was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 276 of Palestine's 358 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. 150 of Gaza's 276 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 116 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
14 of its 15 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
67 of its 187 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 14 of Istanbul's 27 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Bangladesh (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in South Africa (24 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); storms in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 19,970 stories about harm among 107,899 counted on 1 May.
Georgia stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 107,899 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 2 May 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. Over April, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in April 2023.
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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