We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
207 of its 243 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jenin accounted for 178 of Palestine's 207 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
142 of its 312 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 58 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 69 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Babahoyo accounted for 23 of Ecuador's 34 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
137 of its 212 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Mpondwe accounted for 65 of Uganda's 137 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
35 of its 76 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tunis accounted for 30 of Tunisia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
273 of its 803 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Poisoning was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Food poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
60 of its 78 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 36 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Puerto Rico (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in France (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Brazil (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (59 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Iraq (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 18,277 stories about harm among 98,284 counted on 19 Jun.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 98,284 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. On 19 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. In Palestine, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 55% is usual.
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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