We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Djelfa accounted for 15 of Algeria's 22 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 318 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
33 of its 79 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 15 of Tunis' 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
91 of its 212 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (9 stories).
45 of its 116 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 10 of Havana's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
64 of its 102 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 70 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 22 of Lebanon's 32 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 35 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Noumea accounted for 16 of New Caledonia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 10 of Noumea's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.
17 of its 35 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Brazil (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); measles in Canada (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (22 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 18,117 stories about harm among 102,812 counted on 17 May.
Algeria's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 102,812 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned the heatwave more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Algeria. On 18 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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