We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 198 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Mpondwe accounted for 91 of Uganda's 147 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
66 of its 132 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Sankhuwasabha accounted for 40 of Nepal's 66 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 115 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 8 of Bangkok's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
21 of its 34 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
35 of its 83 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 30 of Austria's 35 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
121 of its 155 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 72 of Sudan's 121 stories about harm, carried by 271 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.
169 of its 476 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Accidents were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
26 of its 39 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Sanaa accounted for 22 of Yemen's 26 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
164 of its 559 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Road crashes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and volcanic eruption.
Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Drownings were named in 30 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. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Brazil (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Kashmir (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Pakistan (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Philippines (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 10,650 stories about harm among 57,019 counted on 18 Jun.
Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Uganda and the US. 19 in every 100 of the day's 57,019 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Uganda. A year earlier, on 18 June 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Uganda's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. This week the news turned most often to Greece, on 4 of 7 days.
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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