We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 30 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 5 of Tegucigalpa's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
140 of its 223 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Bundibugyo accounted for 93 of Uganda's 140 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 172 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
60 of its 158 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 61 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 15 of Dar es Salaam's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 109 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Mount Everest accounted for 29 of Nepal's 48 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 50 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Ituri accounted for 34 of the DR Congo's 49 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 3 of Dakar's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
81 of its 104 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 9 of la Paz's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in UK (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in US (25 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 13,215 stories about harm among 75,378 counted on 22 May.
Honduras' news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. of the day's 75,378 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Afghanistan's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. On 22 May 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 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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