We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
160 of its 298 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 127 of Brazil's 160 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
8 of its 25 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 4 of Casablanca's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
6 of its 9 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
26 of its 116 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
20 of its 24 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Fangak accounted for 15 of South Sudan's 20 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
330 of its 721 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Islamabad accounted for 122 of Pakistan's 330 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
870 of its 3,057 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Ben Gurion accounted for 231 of Israel's 473 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 8,250 stories about harm among 43,164 counted on 4 May.
In Brazil, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 43,164 stories, as usual. On 4 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Canada, on 3 of 7 days.
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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