We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,124 of its 1,526 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Tel Aviv accounted for 319 of Israel's 1,124 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (723 stories). Storms were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 104 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Darfur accounted for 35 of Sudan's 82 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
105 of its 219 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lilongwe accounted for 50 of Malawi's 105 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).
34 of its 101 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 6 of Kampala's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
135 of its 193 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 90 of Kashmir's 135 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
105 of its 375 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories).
45 of its 243 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 161 of Palestine's 195 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Switzerland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Russia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in UK (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 15,961 stories about harm among 91,759 counted on 10 Jun.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 91,759 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their 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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