We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
118 of its 156 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghlan accounted for 82 of Afghanistan's 118 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Flooding was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake and drought. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
217 of its 454 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kharkiv accounted for 119 of Ukraine's 217 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tunis accounted for 25 of Tunisia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 15 of Tunis' 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories).
301 of its 426 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 274 of Palestine's 301 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
138 of its 199 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Flooding was named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 43 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tbilisi accounted for 25 of Georgia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 24 of Tbilisi's 25 stories were about protests or strikes.
37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
350 of its 1,451 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (37 stories). Wildfires were named in 96 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
15 of its 41 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Buenos Aires accounted for 14 of Argentina's 15 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 11 of Buenos Aires' 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (75 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Indonesia (71 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (96 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Japan (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Russia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 9,277 stories about harm among 49,539 counted on 12 May.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 49,539 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 May 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Brazil, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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