We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 288 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Marmaris accounted for 63 of Türkiye's 147 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Tsunami was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
66 of its 114 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 39 of Uganda's 66 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 165 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 4 of Niamey's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
191 of its 274 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 164 of Palestine's 191 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
229 of its 588 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
552 of its 814 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (224 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
128 of its 535 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Moscow accounted for 117 of Russia's 209 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 54 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Italy (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (56 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Ireland (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in India (122 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,410 stories about harm among 92,696 counted on 3 Jun.
Of the day's 92,696 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 June 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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