We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 52 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Issyk Kul accounted for 20 of Kyrgyzstan's 34 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Plague was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 29 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Quito accounted for 17 of Ecuador's 22 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 15 of Quito's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories).
21 of its 22 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Seytenga accounted for 16 of Burkina Faso's 21 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
113 of its 283 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories).
24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 54 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (75 stories). Heatstroke was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought.
Tehran accounted for 46 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in France (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in China (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 18,633 stories about harm among 86,057 counted on 15 Jun.
Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Kyrgyzstan's news. of the day's 86,057 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kyrgyzstan stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. A year earlier, on 15 June 2021, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 much 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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