We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
72 of its 108 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tivaouane accounted for 52 of Senegal's 72 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 155 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jammu accounted for 51 of Kashmir's 106 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
314 of its 775 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 149 of Pakistan's 314 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. 112 of Islamabad's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories).
130 of its 769 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
113 of its 166 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 69 of Afghanistan's 113 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 35 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
8,292 of its 26,947 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (3,783 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
120 of its 377 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Peru (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Iran (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 20,227 stories about harm among 87,833 counted on 26 May.
In Peru's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,833 stories, as usual. Senegal's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. A year earlier, on 26 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 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 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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