We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
213 of its 448 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Kalamata accounted for 123 of Greece's 213 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
79 of its 150 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kupwara accounted for 32 of Kashmir's 79 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
48 of its 143 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 93 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
134 of its 163 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Darfur accounted for 80 of Sudan's 134 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Hunger was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
36 of its 131 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
78 of its 187 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). HIV was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tuberculosis.
Poisoning was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Pakistan (88 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (298 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 21,121 stories about harm among 115,772 counted on 16 Jun.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Greece. of the day's 115,772 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Greece stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. A year earlier, on 16 June 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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