We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
291 of its 407 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 229 of Iran's 291 stories about harm, carried by 439 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
203 of its 321 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Dhaka accounted for 133 of Bangladesh's 203 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 46 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 4 of Bogota's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
680 of its 1,182 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Karachi accounted for 407 of Pakistan's 680 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
100 of its 141 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 123 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
6 of its 8 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Anantnag accounted for 45 of Kashmir's 109 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
Cairo accounted for 51 of Egypt's 86 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Syria (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in China (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in India (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in UK (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in US (46 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 30,028 stories about harm among 96,166 counted on 29 Jun.
In Syria's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 30 June 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 31 today. Iran's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. of the day's 96,166 news stories, 31 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 33.
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 softer 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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