We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 75 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Afrin accounted for 30 of Syria's 51 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 14 of Tunisia's 14 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 9 of Tunis' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
454 of its 1,048 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Gas explosion was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
22 of its 25 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 54 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 16 of Algiers' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 100 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). 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.
24 of its 53 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lima accounted for 20 of Peru's 24 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
28 of its 74 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 12 of Mongkok's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Israel (79 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Australia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in UK (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in US (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 9,437 stories about harm among 40,813 counted on 13 Jun.
Israel's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 40,813 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. A year earlier, on 13 June 2020, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Syria stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%.
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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