We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Djelfa accounted for 33 of Algeria's 37 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 79 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tunis accounted for 27 of Tunisia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 19 of Tunis' 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
264 of its 704 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 128 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Handlova accounted for 111 of Slovakia's 165 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. 68 of Handlova's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 73 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tbilisi accounted for 41 of Georgia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 40 of Tbilisi's 41 stories were about protests or strikes.
12 of its 15 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
15 of its 18 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 63 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
23 of its 79 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 5 of Lima's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Iran (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in UK (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dust storm in India (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in US (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 19,359 stories about harm among 109,504 counted on 16 May.
Algeria stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,504 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iran's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. On 17 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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