We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
72 of its 113 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Damascus accounted for 33 of Syria's 72 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
373 of its 1,220 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Power cuts were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
241 of its 727 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Philippine accounted for 135 of the Philippines' 241 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with earthquake, tropical storm and respiratory illness.
23 of its 112 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 6 of Baku's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 58 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Mogadishu accounted for 30 of Somalia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 65 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 313 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Hurricane was named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes.
18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
407 of its 931 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Drownings were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Egypt (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Pakistan (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (255 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Italy (55 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Austria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 19,801 stories about harm among 106,200 counted on 12 Jun.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,200 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 12 June 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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