We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
130 of its 155 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kathmandu accounted for 71 of Nepal's 130 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Plane crash was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
32 of Abadan's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Building collapse was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 104 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
77 of its 206 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Landslides were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 155 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kulgam accounted for 42 of Kashmir's 94 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
157 of its 392 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hurricane was named in 124 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and flooding.
14 of its 27 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
8 of its 8 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 6 of Khorugh's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (124 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Brazil (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Iraq (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in France (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ukraine (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 17,636 stories about harm among 79,087 counted on 31 May.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Nepal. of the day's 79,087 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned the hurricane about 6 times as often as usual. Nepal's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. A year earlier, on 31 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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 about as 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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