We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
507 of its 802 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 359 of Kenya's 507 stories about harm, carried by 425 outlets. 334 of Nairobi's 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 44 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
311 of its 978 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 69 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
23 of its 87 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
31 of its 77 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Nigeria (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Haiti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Nepal (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 19,968 stories about harm among 108,132 counted on 26 Jun.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,132 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 27 June 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 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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