We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
158 of its 200 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bundibugyo accounted for 132 of Uganda's 158 stories about harm, carried by 429 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (134 stories). Outbreaks were named in 147 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
190 of its 321 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 172 of Russia's 190 stories about harm, carried by 396 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 81 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bangkok accounted for 35 of Thailand's 44 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (27 stories).
92 of its 310 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
43 of its 45 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). 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.
41 of its 45 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ituri accounted for 31 of the DR Congo's 41 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
14 of its 27 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
279 of its 929 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 12 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 4 of la Paz's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Gaza accounted for 44 of Palestine's 63 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hantavirus in Canada (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hepatitis in US (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 7,128 stories about harm among 38,205 counted on 17 May.
In Uganda, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 38,205 stories, above the usual 17. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Uganda. Uganda's news mentioned outbreaks about 9 times as often as 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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