We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
58 of its 110 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Yerevan accounted for 37 of Armenia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 29 of Yerevan's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
64 of its 143 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Doha accounted for 63 of Qatar's 64 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (57 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
352 of its 473 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 317 of Palestine's 352 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
217 of its 336 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Heavy rain was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storm surge and drownings.
921 of its 1,235 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tel Aviv accounted for 262 of Israel's 921 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
218 of its 517 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kharkiv accounted for 106 of Ukraine's 218 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
149 of its 283 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
277 of its 728 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (62 stories). Tornadoes were named in 529 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storm surge, heatstroke and hypothermia. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Tonga (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Switzerland (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Finland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (529 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 14,346 stories about harm among 74,032 counted on 27 May.
On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 74,032 stories, above the usual 18. Armenia's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Tonga's news mentioned the earthquake about three times as often as usual.
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 much harsher than 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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