We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Damascus accounted for 68 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
51 of its 187 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
26 of its 102 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 181 of Israel's 378 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Wildfires were named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 262 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 184 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 47 of Kenya's 58 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Train derailment was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
391 of its 872 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 84 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Israel (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Australia (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 16,246 stories about harm among 92,499 counted on 1 May.
For the third day running, the news turned to Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,499 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. In Syria, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual. A year earlier, on 1 May 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Over April, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in April 2024.
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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