We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
119 of its 158 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Port Moresby accounted for 55 of Papua New Guinea's 119 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Landslides were named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
102 of its 155 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 63 of Haiti's 102 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 258 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 60 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
86 of its 175 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
41 of its 43 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Srebrenica accounted for 41 of Bosnia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
134 of its 340 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Heatwave was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hurricane.
89 of its 227 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bangkok accounted for 55 of Thailand's 89 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
141 of its 570 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Building collapse was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
72 of its 252 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Spain (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 18,476 stories about harm among 101,014 counted on 24 May.
In Papua New Guinea, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 101,014 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Papua New Guinea's news. On 25 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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