We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
97 of its 125 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Grindavik accounted for 82 of Iceland's 97 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with earthquake.
431 of its 606 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 378 of Palestine's 431 stories about harm, carried by 461 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
88 of its 186 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 88 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 22 of Tehran's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 51 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,194 of its 1,647 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Jerusalem accounted for 259 of Israel's 1,194 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
99 of its 217 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 43 of Bangladesh's 99 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
53 of its 110 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
255 of its 788 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 220 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Illness was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
55 of its 124 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Egypt (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (225 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Thailand (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Papua New Guinea (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 19,304 stories about harm among 109,086 counted on 29 May.
Iceland's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 109,086 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iceland's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 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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