We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
272 of its 764 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Berlin accounted for 182 of Germany's 272 stories about harm, carried by 453 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 46 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Mogadishu accounted for 18 of Somalia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 71 of Iran's 174 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (96 stories). Train derailment was named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 33 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 4 of Cave Hill's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
78 of its 232 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 64 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
45 of its 139 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).
14 of its 27 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 76 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: overdoses in Romania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Ukraine (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in UK (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in India (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 18,260 stories about harm among 84,098 counted on 8 Jun.
Iran's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 84,098 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Germany, 36% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. On 8 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as 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 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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