We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
138 of its 333 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Nairobi accounted for 83 of Kenya's 138 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. 72 of Nairobi's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
116 of its 217 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mecca accounted for 105 of Saudi Arabia's 116 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 169 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Wildfires were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
55 of its 99 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 30 of Iran's 55 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 101 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Windhoek accounted for 20 of Namibia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 15 of Windhoek's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
37 of its 132 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of Barcelona's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
16 of its 37 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
40 of its 195 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (54 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (60 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Chad (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 17,691 stories about harm among 100,748 counted on 21 Jun.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 100,748 stories, as usual. On 22 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 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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