We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
81 of its 329 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 15 of Mannheim's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 43 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 15 of Yemen's 33 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 48 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
72 of its 267 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. San Salvador accounted for 14 of el Salvador's 17 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 7 of San Salvador's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
29 of its 61 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Colombo accounted for 20 of Sri Lanka's 29 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
39 of its 183 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 21 of Seoul's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Tel Aviv accounted for 184 of Israel's 618 stories about harm, carried by 471 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
8 of its 32 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Beirut accounted for 18 of Lebanon's 25 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in South Africa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (37 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (30 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 11,041 stories about harm among 62,235 counted on 1 Jun.
Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in South Korea's news. of the day's 62,235 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany stood out: 25% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. On 2 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today. Over May, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in May 2023.
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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