We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
163 of its 311 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Outbreaks were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 135 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 63 of Austria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
76 of its 195 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Zurich accounted for 53 of Switzerland's 76 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
106 of its 173 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Bundibugyo accounted for 62 of Uganda's 106 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
35 of its 118 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
8 of its 8 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
13 of its 30 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 36 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Ituri accounted for 25 of the DR Congo's 35 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.
13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Spain (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in UK (127 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 13,309 stories about harm among 77,199 counted on 28 May.
Kenya's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 77,199 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 May 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 about as 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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