We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
163 of its 338 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
102 of its 269 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Mecca accounted for 80 of Saudi Arabia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 156 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 76 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
283 of its 977 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Poisoning was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks and food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 87 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Plane crash was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 38 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. the Red Sea accounted for 24 of Djibouti's 25 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of Seoul's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
46 of its 110 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).
19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Singapore (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Malawi (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (47 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in South Korea (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Ecuador (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 17,210 stories about harm among 91,692 counted on 17 Jun.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 91,692 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Greece. In Greece, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 18 June 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 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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