We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
250 of its 301 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Mpondwe accounted for 111 of Uganda's 250 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
143 of its 258 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kalamata accounted for 53 of Greece's 143 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
87 of its 147 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Colombo accounted for 68 of Sri Lanka's 87 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Illness was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 5 of Manipur's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
27 of its 41 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 7 of Damascus' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 44 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 226 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Poisoning was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 54 of Sudan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 262 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in France (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Colombia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Haiti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 12,727 stories about harm among 66,894 counted on 17 Jun.
In France's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 66,894 stories, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Uganda and Nigeria. In Uganda, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 June 2022, 22 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 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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