We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
167 of its 341 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kyiv accounted for 123 of Ukraine's 167 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 35 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 44 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Sanaa accounted for 11 of Yemen's 14 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
309 of its 1,036 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 120 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
34 of its 86 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Norovirus was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hantavirus and flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Bahamas (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Morocco (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in France (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 13,934 stories about harm among 82,169 counted on 14 May.
In the Bahamas' news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 82,169 stories, as usual. Ukraine's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 14 May 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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 softer 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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