We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
368 of its 956 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 198 of Russia's 368 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 180 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 11 of Nairobi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
169 of its 499 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Volcanic eruption was named in 126 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and avalanche.
Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (224 stories). Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
179 of its 507 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 112 of Ukraine's 179 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
472 of its 691 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Jerusalem accounted for 93 of Israel's 472 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (171 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 24 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with earthquake and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 122 of Palestine's 148 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Nigeria (60 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Thailand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in India (124 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 15,504 stories about harm among 81,253 counted on 2 Jun.
Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Italy's news. of the day's 81,253 news stories, 19 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. It was the second day running that the news turned to Russia. In Russia, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is 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 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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