We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 35 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Solenzo accounted for 14 of Burkina Faso's 25 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 91 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Colombo accounted for 22 of Sri Lanka's 40 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories).
229 of its 654 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hunger.
46 of its 141 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).
696 of its 1,055 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tel Aviv accounted for 247 of Israel's 696 stories about harm, carried by 520 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (319 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 78 of Palestine's 104 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 84 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
131 of its 457 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Screwworm was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.
Road crashes were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Palestine (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); screwworm in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in UK (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (55 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 14,759 stories about harm among 81,361 counted on 12 May.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 81,361 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual in Palestine's news. In Burkina Faso, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% 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 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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