We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
46 of its 70 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Cucuta accounted for 25 of Colombia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
124 of its 358 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.
45 of its 72 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Typhoon was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
11 of its 41 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
23 of its 34 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kathmandu accounted for 33 of Nepal's 51 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.
Jerusalem accounted for 295 of Israel's 403 stories about harm, carried by 556 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 67 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 25 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
106 of its 204 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dhaka accounted for 56 of Bangladesh's 106 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Nepal (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Malaysia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 20,368 stories about harm among 93,111 counted on 16 Jun.
North Korea's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 16 June 2020, 32 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Colombia, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 93,111 stories, below the usual 24.
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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