Lebanon
42 of its 76 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Beirut accounted for 30 of Lebanon's 42 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The day's news pointed at violence in Beirut, protests in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and people killed in South Africa. Cameroon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.
Part of lifeHealth
30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostLebanon
55 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 23
RegionEast Asia
19 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words
Harsher than usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Ethiopia
25 of its 59 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 6 of Addis Ababa's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).
South Africa
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Cholera was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Cameroon
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 more places the news pointed at
Yemen
20 of its 32 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Somalia
37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Mogadishu accounted for 19 of Somalia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Iran
Tehran accounted for 33 of Iran's 57 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Drought was named in 13 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.
Guatemala
30 of its 40 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Indonesia
54 of its 133 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Jakarta accounted for 29 of Indonesia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.
South Korea
69 of its 280 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (49 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); illness in Italy (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Egypt (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
18 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 18; 18 the day beforeStories 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 10,684 stories about harm among 60,784 counted on 27 May.
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In Lebanon, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 60,784 stories, as usual. Mentions of the typhoon ran about 7 times their usual in the Philippines' news. A year earlier, on 27 May 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
- 18 in every 100 of the day's 60,784 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18).
- Lebanon: 42 of its 76 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%.
- Ethiopia: 25 of its 59 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%.
- South Africa: Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories).
- Cameroon: 13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%.
- Mentions of the typhoon ran about 7 times their usual in the Philippines' news.
- Mentions of the cholera ran about three times their usual in South Africa's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were harsher than usual.
- A year earlier, on 27 May 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Somalia73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan59 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon55 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Israel46 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir45 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Delhi India43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Lahore Pakistan31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Belgrade 24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 27Stories, not people.
Where it happened
feelings in full →
Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Farmington US attacks & violence · 5 stories, 112 outlets ● Belgrade protests & strikes · 27 stories, 149 outlets ● Khartoum Sudan attacks & violence · 56 stories, 192 outlets ● Charleston US attacks & violence · 44 stories, 173 outlets ● Tehran Iran attacks & violence · 33 stories, 126 outlets ● Moscow Russia attacks & violence · 74 stories, 91 outlets ● Adelaide Australia deaths, cause not given · 10 stories, 91 outlets ● Berlin Germany protests & strikes · 44 stories, 93 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health30% 3,173 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 2,666 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,709 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence14% 1,450 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 582 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 395 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 344 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 180 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed2,783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees114 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people displaced111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations76 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about the usual rateStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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