We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
69 of its 120 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 60 of Austria's 69 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
156 of its 307 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 83 of Kenya's 156 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Ebola was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks.
37 of its 59 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
17 of its 52 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
219 of its 574 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 141 of Russia's 219 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
141 of its 288 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 86 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 41 of Palestine's 54 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
107 of its 182 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Bundibugyo accounted for 72 of Uganda's 107 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 39 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 202 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Philippines (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (39 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in UK (86 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in France (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 13,154 stories about harm among 74,760 counted on 29 May.
In Austria, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 74,760 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Austria. In Kenya's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 7 times their usual. On 29 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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