We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 93 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Montevideo accounted for 47 of Uruguay's 61 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 266 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories). Earthquake was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 64 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Tbilisi accounted for 36 of Georgia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories).
201 of its 334 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 131 of Syria's 201 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
50 of its 88 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Caracas accounted for 28 of Venezuela's 50 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
42 of its 90 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
39 of its 96 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
16 of its 28 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 12 of Bamako's 13 stories were about protests or strikes.
78 of its 314 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Tripoli accounted for 25 of Libya's 28 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Canada (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in UK (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in India (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); overdoses in US (58 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 17,449 stories about harm among 98,322 counted on 14 May.
Uruguay stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 98,322 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Greece's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Uruguay for the second day running. On 14 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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