We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Mogadishu accounted for 25 of Somalia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
176 of its 298 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cuauhtemoc accounted for 93 of Mexico's 176 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories).
16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
11 of Vienna's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
583 of its 857 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tel Aviv accounted for 166 of Israel's 583 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 76 of Ukraine's 115 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
31 of its 81 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (258 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in India (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 8,943 stories about harm among 46,462 counted on 18 May.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 46,462 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Nepal's news. In Somalia, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% 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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