We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
265 of its 597 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Moscow accounted for 150 of Russia's 265 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 220 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Mecca accounted for 62 of Saudi Arabia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Heatstroke was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 172 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 176 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 86 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
79 of its 133 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 79 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
206 of its 837 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Flooding was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain and drought.
15 of its 51 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
133 of its 627 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 35 of Paris' 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories).
39 of its 192 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 14 of Seoul's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
21 of its 28 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. the Red Sea accounted for 20 of Djibouti's 21 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Singapore (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in China (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 10,865 stories about harm among 53,317 counted on 16 Jun.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 23 March 2024. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Russia stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 53,317 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. This week the news turned most often to Malawi, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 harsher 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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