We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
30 of its 41 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Sanaa accounted for 16 of Yemen's 30 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Cholera was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
76 of its 142 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tbilisi accounted for 76 of Georgia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 73 of Tbilisi's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
329 of its 1,345 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hunger, polio and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
32 of its 168 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
30 of its 39 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Noumea accounted for 29 of New Caledonia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 22 of Noumea's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories).
64 of its 135 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Colombo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts.
Gaza accounted for 318 of Palestine's 355 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 65 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tunis accounted for 17 of Tunisia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 10 of Tunis' 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
Jerusalem accounted for 236 of Israel's 992 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 67 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Indonesia (42 of its stories, about three times its usual); bridge collapse in Sri Lanka (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in United Arab Emirates (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); train derailment in Russia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in India (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 18,985 stories about harm among 108,321 counted on 14 May.
18 in every 100 of the day's 108,321 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 15 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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