We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
197 of its 259 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 173 of Afghanistan's 197 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
161 of its 253 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Sylhet accounted for 92 of Bangladesh's 161 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Heavy rain was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and power cuts.
17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Quito accounted for 13 of Ecuador's 17 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 12 of Quito's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
73 of its 173 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
214 of its 551 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Power cuts were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 335 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Drought was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
65 of its 169 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 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.
Jerusalem accounted for 40 of Israel's 80 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
20 of its 53 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in France (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in India (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 9,750 stories about harm among 43,097 counted on 18 Jun.
Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Bangladesh's news. of the day's 43,097 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Afghanistan stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%. On 18 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 22 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 harsher 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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