We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 25 of Honduras' 32 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 23 of Tegucigalpa's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
204 of its 379 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Bucharest accounted for 123 of Romania's 204 stories about harm, carried by 495 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
214 of its 284 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 145 of Palestine's 214 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
176 of its 228 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 61 of Sudan's 176 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
99 of its 163 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kampala accounted for 39 of Uganda's 99 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
139 of its 209 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storm surge.
13 of its 13 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
124 of its 363 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
57 of its 371 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Guadeloupe (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Nepal (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 21,592 stories about harm among 117,262 counted on 20 Jun.
In Guadeloupe's news, mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 117,262 stories, as usual. Honduras' news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 20 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 softer 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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