We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 140 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 10 of Cairo's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
142 of its 409 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 32 of Sudan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Cholera was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 68 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 47 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
30 of its 102 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Damascus accounted for 21 of Syria's 44 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
5 of Doha's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in India (209 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Thailand (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 16,151 stories about harm among 87,321 counted on 27 May.
Mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual in Sudan's news. of the day's 87,321 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Egypt stood out: 23% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. On 27 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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