We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
374 of its 499 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Machinga accounted for 210 of Malawi's 374 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. 155 of Machinga's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
194 of its 203 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Diffa accounted for 119 of Niger's 194 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
130 of its 142 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Muramvya accounted for 98 of Burundi's 130 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
2,051 of its 2,626 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Istanbul accounted for 1,512 of Türkiye's 2,051 stories about harm, carried by 965 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,191 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
891 of its 1,073 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 702 of Iraq's 891 stories about harm, carried by 535 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
198 of its 403 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
100 of its 182 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 72 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
105 of its 275 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Malaria was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis and volcanic eruption.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Hong Kong (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Japan (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Belgium (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jun. 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 61,750 stories about harm among 286,981 counted on 7 Jun.
Malawi's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. of the day's 286,981 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual.
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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