We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 128 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 68 of Palestine's 79 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Illness was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
189 of its 424 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 110 of Israel's 189 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 55 of Jerusalem's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories).
280 of its 570 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Moscow accounted for 151 of Russia's 280 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
54 of its 111 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Warsaw accounted for 50 of Poland's 54 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).
110 of its 195 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
43 of its 101 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 28 of Mong Kok's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).
68 of its 121 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 52 of Lebanon's 68 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets.
16 of its 24 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in US (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 17,123 stories about harm among 49,755 counted on 28 Jun.
Mentions of landslides ran about 5 times their usual in India's news. of the day's 49,755 news stories, 34 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 June 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 34 today. Palestine's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%.
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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