We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
109 of its 121 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Hodeida accounted for 42 of Yemen's 109 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 166 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
36 of its 66 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
5 of Nasiriyah's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
64 of its 78 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Darfur accounted for 29 of Sudan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 127 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
36 of its 64 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Grindavik accounted for 26 of Iceland's 36 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets.
35 of its 48 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 100 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 of Pyongyang's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.
9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Sudan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatstroke in India (71 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); whooping cough in US (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 18,020 stories about harm among 105,452 counted on 31 May.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 23 April 2024. 17 in every 100 of the day's 105,452 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. In Sudan's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Yemen stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%. On 1 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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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