We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
259 of its 1,174 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 101 of Paris' 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 123 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Artsakh accounted for 31 of Azerbaijan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories).
28 of its 107 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
78 of its 346 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Heatstroke was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
110 of its 299 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Stockholm accounted for 78 of Sweden's 110 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 52 of Stockholm's 78 stories were about protests or strikes.
75 of its 183 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 68 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kramatorsk accounted for 195 of Ukraine's 354 stories about harm, carried by 432 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Moscow accounted for 281 of Russia's 459 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 39 of Sudan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Italy (30 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (42 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Russia (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Spain (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 21,446 stories about harm among 117,977 counted on 28 Jun.
18 in every 100 of the day's 117,977 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 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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