We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,688 of its 4,952 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
88 of its 266 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 143 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,113 of its 1,858 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 108 of Palestine's 158 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. HIV was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 21 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 122 of Russia's 164 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 74 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
172 of its 674 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in France (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Palestine (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 17,929 stories about harm among 96,001 counted on 8 May.
France's news mentioned the polio more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 96,001 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In India, 34% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 8 May 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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