We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
70 of its 117 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Hodonin accounted for 32 of the Czechia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Tornadoes were named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 89 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Hebron accounted for 37 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 33 of Hebron's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
102 of its 225 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 102 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories).
191 of its 650 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 69 of Ethiopia's 84 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 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.
Colombo accounted for 41 of Sri Lanka's 58 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).
17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
35 of its 108 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Israel (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Japan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in US (323 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Canada (30 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 19,405 stories about harm among 85,983 counted on 25 Jun.
Czechia stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 85,983 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Czechia's news, mentions of tornadoes ran more than ten times their usual. On 25 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 23 today.
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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