We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
138 of its 453 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Handlova accounted for 97 of Slovakia's 138 stories about harm, carried by 358 outlets. 70 of Handlova's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
326 of its 1,218 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
54 of its 148 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 123 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 52 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Noumea accounted for 28 of New Caledonia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 26 of Noumea's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).
20 of its 58 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 200 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tbilisi accounted for 56 of Georgia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 53 of Tbilisi's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Kharkiv accounted for 142 of Ukraine's 311 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 303 of Palestine's 348 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Fiji (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Canada (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 19,818 stories about harm among 113,292 counted on 15 May.
In Fiji's news, mentions of flooding ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 113,292 stories, as usual. Slovakia's news was 30% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. A year earlier, on 16 May 2023, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 softer 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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