We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
74 of its 76 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Solhan accounted for 62 of Burkina Faso's 74 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
120 of its 243 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Colombo accounted for 87 of Sri Lanka's 120 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding.
Jerusalem accounted for 203 of Israel's 285 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. 125 of Jerusalem's 203 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
422 of its 983 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 66 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Marib accounted for 30 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 74 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 7 of Amman's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
111 of its 154 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 111 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
331 of its 1,003 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Hunger was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
94 of its 135 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Taipei accounted for 62 of Taiwan's 94 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Türkiye (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Canada (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in UK (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in US (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 10,480 stories about harm among 41,032 counted on 6 Jun.
For the second day running, the news turned to Burkina Faso. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 41,032 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in Türkiye's news. A year earlier, on 6 June 2020, 37 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Burkina Faso stood out: 97% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 61%. This week the news turned most often to Sri Lanka, on 6 of 7 days.
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 much 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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