We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
20 of its 31 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Mogadishu accounted for 16 of Somalia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rajouri accounted for 27 of Kashmir's 70 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 158 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
114 of its 284 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
Gaza accounted for 49 of Palestine's 69 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Dhaka accounted for 41 of Bangladesh's 64 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 24 of Dhaka's 41 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Islamabad accounted for 334 of Pakistan's 894 stories about harm, carried by 767 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in China (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in US (87 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in UK (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 9,792 stories about harm among 52,405 counted on 10 May.
On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 52,405 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Somalia's news. In Somalia, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. On 10 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 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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