Mali
24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bamako accounted for 18 of Mali's 24 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The news turned to people displaced in Bamako, protests in Ndjamena (Chad) and a disaster in Rio Grande do Sul. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.
Part of lifeHealth
28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostArgentina
44 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words
Much softer than usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Chad
35 of its 74 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 17 of Ndjamena's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Brazil
106 of its 300 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Rio Grande do Sul accounted for 72 of Brazil's 106 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories).
France
199 of its 864 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
6 more places the news pointed at
Senegal
22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dakar accounted for 19 of Senegal's 22 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Ukraine
Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Argentina
39 of its 89 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Vanuatu
17 of its 43 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
DR Congo
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 3 of Panzi's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
Nepal
29 of its 105 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Kenya (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Thailand (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Israel (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in South Africa (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
18 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 18; 18 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 18,546 stories about harm among 104,277 counted on 10 May.
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Mali stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 104,277 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 May 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
- 18 in every 100 of the day's 104,277 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18).
- Mali: 24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%.
- Chad: 35 of its 74 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%.
- Brazil: 106 of its 300 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%.
- France: 199 of its 864 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%.
- Mentions of the cholera ran about 7 times their usual in Kenya's news.
- Mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual in Thailand's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual.
- A year earlier, on 11 May 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Sudan70 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 1,930 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 711 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti51 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidentsCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 493 Jerusalem Israel122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Gaza Palestine100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Delhi India46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 London UK46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Gaza Palestine attacks & violence · 355 stories, 569 outlets ● Jerusalem Israel attacks & violence · 269 stories, 349 outlets ● Kerem Shalom Israel attacks & violence · 86 stories, 245 outlets ● Lone Peak US accidents & disasters · 56 stories, 212 outlets ● Petersburg Russia accidents & disasters · 46 stories, 141 outlets ● Berlin Germany protests & strikes · 49 stories, 169 outlets ● Kharkiv Ukraine attacks & violence · 96 stories, 241 outlets ● Ndjamena Chad protests & strikes · 20 stories, 135 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health28% 5,156 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 4,974 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,800 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,445 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 788 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 779 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 746 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 489 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed4,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,009 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured895 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about the usual rateStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.