We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
98 of its 160 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 51 of the Czechia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
238 of its 536 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Mexico City accounted for 122 of Mexico's 238 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flu was named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu and outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
319 of its 446 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 260 of Palestine's 319 stories about harm, carried by 585 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of its 56 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
396 of its 1,801 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (256 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 84 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 43 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
17 of its 37 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 4 of Bratislava's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories). Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
91 of its 106 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 40 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 15 of Pyongyang's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in France (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Australia (38 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 19,088 stories about harm among 109,845 counted on 6 Jun.
Czechia stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 109,845 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mexico's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 June 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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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