We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
277 of its 348 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Troodos accounted for 196 of Cyprus' 277 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (194 stories). Wildfires were named in 211 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
626 of its 924 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Amman accounted for 457 of Jordan's 626 stories about harm, carried by 371 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (394 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
666 of its 1,535 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 201 of Nochixtlan's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Tropical storm was named in 115 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hurricane.
161 of its 228 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Dengue was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
676 of its 822 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 392 of Afghanistan's 676 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (263 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
136 of its 213 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 8 of Port-au-Prince's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
606 of its 864 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
668 of its 1,241 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Brussels accounted for 618 of Belgium's 668 stories about harm, carried by 614 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
105 of its 142 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
127 of its 230 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: rabies in China (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Israel (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Yemen (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in South Korea (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 62,077 stories about harm among 286,050 counted on 21 Jun.
Cyprus stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 286,050 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Cyprus. Cyprus' news mentioned wildfires about 4 times as often 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 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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