We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
852 of its 1,065 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tel Aviv accounted for 160 of Israel's 852 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (410 stories). Illness was named in 138 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Copenhagen accounted for 30 of Denmark's 36 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. 19 of Copenhagen's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 38 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Sanaa accounted for 14 of Yemen's 33 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Pyongyang accounted for 10 of North Korea's 13 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 10 of Pyongyang's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
161 of its 224 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 135 of Palestine's 161 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 35 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. 4 of Khartoum's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
28 of its 95 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Mexico (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in France (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Russia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 10,633 stories about harm among 60,458 counted on 8 Jun.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 60,458 stories, as usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Mexico's news mentioned bird flu about 4 times as often as usual.
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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