We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
112 of its 155 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 70 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
4 of Lusaka's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (182 stories). Heatwave was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 56 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
23 of its 65 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
116 of its 321 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dubai accounted for 91 of the United Arab Emirates' 116 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets.
21 of its 27 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Mexico (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Russia (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 29,417 stories about harm among 95,889 counted on 22 Jun.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 March 2020. In Mexico's news, mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. 31 in every 100 of the day's 95,889 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 34.
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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