We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
166 of its 405 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rio Grande do Sul accounted for 102 of Brazil's 166 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Flooding was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and power cuts.
91 of its 162 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Poonch accounted for 51 of Kashmir's 91 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
156 of its 430 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 80 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ndjamena accounted for 26 of Chad's 36 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 15 of Ndjamena's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
456 of its 641 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 375 of Palestine's 456 stories about harm, carried by 540 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,517 of its 2,116 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Jerusalem accounted for 400 of Israel's 1,517 stories about harm, carried by 601 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 111 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 9 of the Panama Canal's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
129 of its 297 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera.
73 of its 154 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kigali accounted for 23 of Rwanda's 37 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Kenya (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in UK (67 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 17,442 stories about harm among 91,360 counted on 6 May.
For the third day running, the news turned to Brazil. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 91,360 stories, above the usual 18. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. Brazil's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual.
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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