We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
28 of its 51 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Caracas accounted for 22 of Venezuela's 28 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 16 of Caracas' 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
248 of its 364 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kyiv accounted for 191 of Ukraine's 248 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 107 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Avalanche was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 27 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
133 of its 336 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 88 of Russia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 63 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Chongjin accounted for 29 of North Korea's 41 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories).
118 of its 175 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 94 of Palestine's 118 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 71 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 43 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 116 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, oil spill and dust storm. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in India (116 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Pakistan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in US (29 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,787 stories about harm among 44,053 counted on 25 May.
In Switzerland's news, mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 44,053 stories, above the usual 19. Venezuela's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 25 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 3 of 7 days.
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 harsher 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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