We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
63 of its 127 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Stockholm accounted for 51 of Sweden's 63 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Train derailment was named in 48 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.
85 of its 252 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Mecca accounted for 70 of Saudi Arabia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
61 of its 82 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Idlib accounted for 28 of Syria's 61 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 11 of Buenos Aires' 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
107 of its 247 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Athens accounted for 56 of Greece's 107 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Covid was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
91 of its 120 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Umm Safa accounted for 83 of Palestine's 91 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
47 of its 58 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 47 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 41 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Vietnam (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Greece (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in China (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in India (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 10,364 stories about harm among 53,663 counted on 25 Jun.
Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Sweden's news. of the day's 53,663 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sweden stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. On 25 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Palestine, on 6 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 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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