We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
171 of its 334 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Flooding was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
230 of its 610 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kharkiv accounted for 131 of Ukraine's 230 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 121 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tbilisi accounted for 83 of Georgia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. 79 of Tbilisi's 83 stories were about protests or strikes.
86 of its 271 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 40 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 47 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Ndjamena's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
24 of its 60 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 12 of Tunis' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).
88 of its 147 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghlan accounted for 49 of Afghanistan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Darfur accounted for 28 of Sudan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Yerevan accounted for 27 of Armenia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. 24 of Yerevan's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (189 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in Sri Lanka (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); dust storm in India (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in UK (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 16,538 stories about harm among 93,909 counted on 13 May.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and Ukraine. 18 in every 100 of the day's 93,909 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. A year earlier, on 14 May 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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