Uganda
132 of its 195 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Bundibugyo accounted for 80 of Uganda's 132 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The day's news pointed at illness in Bundibugyo, rights and justice in Dubai and flooding in Laos. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.
Part of lifeHealth
28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostUganda
68 in 100 of its 195 stories, usually 50
RegionMiddle East & North Africa
32 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words
About as usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →United Arab Emirates
36 of its 105 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Dubai accounted for 36 of the United Arab Emirates' 36 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Laos
19 of its 69 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Israel
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 more places the news pointed at
Liberia
20 of its 53 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
DR Congo
23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Ituri accounted for 11 of the DR Congo's 23 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets.
Ghana
34 of its 117 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
India
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with wildfires and heatstroke.
Lebanon
Beirut accounted for 33 of Lebanon's 67 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Nigeria
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in UK (139 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Kenya (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Australia (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in France (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in India (50 of its stories, about three times its usual).
17 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 18; 18 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 13,399 stories about harm among 77,430 counted on 27 May.
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The news turned to Uganda for the tenth day running. 17 in every 100 of the day's 77,430 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Laos' news, mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual. Uganda stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%. On 27 May 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.
- 17 in every 100 of the day's 77,430 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18).
- Uganda: 132 of its 195 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%.
- United Arab Emirates: 36 of its 105 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%.
- Laos: 19 of its 69 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%.
- Israel: Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (115 stories).
- Mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual in Laos' news.
- Mentions of the heatwave ran about 7 times their usual in the UK's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
- It was the tenth day running that the news turned to Uganda.
- A year earlier, on 27 May 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Congo68 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Uganda68 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Lebanon58 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Israel55 in 100 of its 713 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine48 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 488 Newark US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Tehran Iran26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145Stories, not people.
Where it happened
feelings in full →
Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Tehran Iran attacks & violence · 145 stories, 347 outlets ● Phelps County US accidents & disasters · 24 stories, 95 outlets ● Longview US people displaced · 134 stories, 300 outlets ● Moscow Russia attacks & violence · 66 stories, 91 outlets ● London UK accidents & disasters · 256 stories, 252 outlets ● Jerusalem Israel attacks & violence · 67 stories, 78 outlets ● Kyiv Ukraine attacks & violence · 47 stories, 55 outlets ● Kwara Nigeria attacks & violence · 5 stories, 88 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health28% 3,676 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,180 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,248 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,611 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 747 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 647 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 549 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 432 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed3,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting refugees88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and IndiaStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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