We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
183 of its 404 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Building collapse was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
301 of its 542 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Tenerife accounted for 197 of Spain's 301 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (87 stories).
65 of its 122 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 23 of Palestine's 50 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 74 of Russia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 27 of Lebanon's 42 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ushuaia accounted for 16 of Argentina's 22 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.
10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 4 of Pyongyang's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
66 of its 126 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Havana accounted for 33 of Cuba's 66 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Canada (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in UK (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Iran (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in India (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); norovirus in US (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 6,740 stories about harm among 37,714 counted on 10 May.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US. of the day's 37,714 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Pakistan's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. A year earlier, on 10 May 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.
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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