We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
989 of its 1,224 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tel Aviv accounted for 336 of Israel's 989 stories about harm, carried by 440 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (444 stories). Storms were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 239 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Seoul accounted for 42 of South Korea's 50 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. 40 of Seoul's 42 stories were about protests or strikes.
Symi accounted for 45 of Greece's 73 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Bird flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with road crashes.
99 of its 147 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Jammu accounted for 61 of Kashmir's 99 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
191 of its 268 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 175 of Palestine's 191 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 3 of Lusaka's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Heatstroke was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides and plane crash.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatstroke in US (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 9,002 stories about harm among 51,584 counted on 9 Jun.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about 4 times the usual rate. 17 in every 100 of the day's 51,584 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. the news turned to Israel for the third day running. Mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual in Mexico's news. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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