We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
41 of its 88 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 22 of Tanzania's 41 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. 18 of Dar es Salaam's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Mogadishu accounted for 21 of Somalia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
84 of its 223 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides.
25 of its 53 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 123 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Natural hazards were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
29 of its 115 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 5 of Portmore's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Hypothermia was named in 12 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.
Jerusalem accounted for 190 of Israel's 638 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Hunger was named in 233 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
152 of its 364 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (55 stories).
26 of its 82 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (233 of its stories, about three times its usual); bird flu in Brazil (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Venezuela (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Australia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 16,075 stories about harm among 84,987 counted on 19 May.
For the second day running, the news turned to Tanzania. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 84,987 stories, as usual. Tanzania's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. In Israel's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 19 May 2024, 19 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 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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