We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 5 of Agadez's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
66 of its 80 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 66 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 228 of Israel's 789 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Flu was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with bird flu and outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 31 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tbilisi accounted for 19 of Georgia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 19 of Tbilisi's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 15 of Iraq's 22 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 12 of Baghdad's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Drownings were named in 38 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.
8 of its 15 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 3 of Tripoli's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Russia (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greece (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Australia (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in France (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,295 stories about harm among 102,998 counted on 7 Jun.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 102,998 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Niger stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. On 8 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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 much 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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