We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
102 of its 160 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bundibugyo accounted for 67 of Uganda's 102 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
75 of its 181 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 37 of Bangladesh's 75 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
147 of its 403 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Train derailment was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 103 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
120 of its 223 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 93 of Ukraine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 48 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 10 of Caracas' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
31 of its 121 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dubai accounted for 31 of the United Arab Emirates' 31 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 6 of Phnom Penh's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
58 of its 67 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Philippines (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in China (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in UK (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (20 of its stories, about 8 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 9,252 stories about harm among 49,181 counted on 25 May.
It was the tenth day running that the news turned to Uganda. of the day's 49,181 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Uganda stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. A year earlier, on 25 May 2025, 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 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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