We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 44 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
97 of its 167 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 63 of Kashmir's 97 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
314 of its 751 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 208 of Ukraine's 314 stories about harm, carried by 333 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 186 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 16 of Oslo's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
455 of its 1,190 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 365 of Russia's 455 stories about harm, carried by 659 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
188 of its 288 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 32 of Kampala's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
33 of its 46 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dakar accounted for 24 of Senegal's 25 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 21 of Dakar's 24 stories were about protests or strikes.
50 of its 103 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 48 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 3 of Bishkek's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in Vietnam (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Kenya (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 20,431 stories about harm among 108,754 counted on 30 May.
In Vietnam's news, mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 108,754 stories, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and Ukraine. In el Salvador, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. A year earlier, on 30 May 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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