We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 212 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Pahalgam accounted for 64 of Kashmir's 147 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 79 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 28 of Venezuela's 39 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
12 of its 32 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of Sofiya's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
77 of its 244 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
1,836 of its 2,677 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (551 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
2,052 of its 5,013 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 97 of Palestine's 148 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 44 of Yemen's 65 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
36 of its 60 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. the Red Sea accounted for 36 of Djibouti's 36 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: house fires in Australia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Canada (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in UK (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,735 stories about harm among 97,381 counted on 7 May.
In Australia's news, mentions of house fires ran more than ten times their usual. On 7 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 20 today. 20 in every 100 of the day's 97,381 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. In Kashmir, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 62% is 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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