We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
148 of its 300 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nairobi accounted for 74 of Kenya's 148 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
50 of its 71 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Damascus accounted for 27 of Syria's 50 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 57 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Ndjamena's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
81 of its 166 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 65 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Darfur accounted for 28 of Sudan's 48 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
116 of its 332 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Heavy rain was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, drought and landslides.
21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 10 of Sanaa's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 7 of Dushanbe's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
39 of its 99 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 237 of Palestine's 357 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. 130 of Gaza's 237 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Brazil (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Indonesia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plague in UK (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 19,299 stories about harm among 103,613 counted on 3 May.
For the fifth day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 103,613 stories, as usual. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Brazil's news. In Kenya, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. On 4 May 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 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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