We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
117 of its 302 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
25 of its 26 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
18 of its 53 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Wildfires were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
32 of its 36 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Fangak accounted for 29 of South Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
84 of its 117 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Damascus accounted for 77 of Syria's 84 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,178 of its 3,838 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (149 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 120 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
86 of its 210 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 46 of Bangladesh's 86 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Argentina (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); whooping cough in US (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 9,971 stories about harm among 52,082 counted on 3 May.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Germany. of the day's 52,082 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany stood out: 39% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. On 3 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 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 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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