We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
219 of its 416 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kyiv accounted for 167 of Ukraine's 219 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 181 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Baku accounted for 32 of Azerbaijan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 139 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Avalanche was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 68 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 13 of Caracas' 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories).
244 of its 653 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 178 of Russia's 244 stories about harm, carried by 523 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
169 of its 254 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 145 of Palestine's 169 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
653 of its 962 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Jerusalem accounted for 145 of Israel's 653 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 40 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).
9 of its 19 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
20 of its 66 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in India (247 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in France (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Malaysia (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 12,015 stories about harm among 62,889 counted on 26 May.
The news turned to Ukraine for the fourth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,889 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 May 2024, 20 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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