We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
125 of its 161 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ushuaia accounted for 78 of Argentina's 125 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (90 stories). Dengue was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
155 of its 424 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 106 of Russia's 155 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
151 of its 295 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Amsterdam accounted for 80 of the Netherlands' 151 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
179 of its 572 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
271 of its 721 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu.
Gaza accounted for 57 of Palestine's 74 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 10 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
188 of its 542 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in South Africa (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in US (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 14,800 stories about harm among 83,872 counted on 7 May.
Argentina's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 83,872 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual in Argentina's news. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US.
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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