We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
243 of its 466 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Kalamata accounted for 139 of Greece's 243 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Hypothermia was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
122 of its 153 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Darfur accounted for 44 of Sudan's 122 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
254 of its 1,325 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
462 of its 1,045 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (52 stories). Drought was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 98 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Yeraskh accounted for 36 of Armenia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories).
82 of its 150 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 37 of Lebanon's 82 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
73 of its 143 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Earthquake was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kwara accounted for 16 of Niger's 19 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Cyclone was named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, hurricane and storm surge. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Pakistan (111 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Kashmir (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (271 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Uganda (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 22,481 stories about harm among 124,312 counted on 14 Jun.
In Greece, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 124,312 stories, as usual. On 14 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 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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