We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
157 of its 477 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Hanoi accounted for 114 of Vietnam's 157 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
115 of its 190 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bogota accounted for 71 of Colombia's 115 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Illness was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
44 of its 54 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mogadishu accounted for 36 of Somalia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
33 of its 75 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tunis accounted for 25 of Tunisia's 33 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Covid was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
42 of its 91 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Stockholm accounted for 32 of Sweden's 42 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 76 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
256 of its 586 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Drownings were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
157 of its 469 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (37 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm.
19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (60 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Pakistan (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Italy (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in India (67 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 10,655 stories about harm among 56,222 counted on 11 Jun.
For the third day running, the news turned to Vietnam. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 56,222 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In the Philippines' news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 7 times their usual. A year earlier, on 11 June 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Senegal, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 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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