We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
46 of its 70 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tripoli accounted for 41 of Libya's 46 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Montevideo accounted for 18 of Uruguay's 24 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
38 of its 88 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
293 of its 743 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (86 stories).
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 4 of Bamako's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
298 of its 1,226 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
53 of its 189 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
28 of its 102 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Screwworm was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Philippines (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); screwworm in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Australia (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in UK (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 17,095 stories about harm among 94,289 counted on 13 May.
In Sri Lanka's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,289 stories, as usual. Libya's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. On 13 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 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 softer 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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