We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
254 of its 474 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 170 of Ukraine's 254 stories about harm, carried by 436 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Train derailment was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
24 of its 52 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Baghdad accounted for 16 of Iraq's 24 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
6 of its 11 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
65 of its 107 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 48 of Lebanon's 65 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
600 of its 3,112 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). House fires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
48 of its 134 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tehran accounted for 29 of Iran's 48 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.
23 of its 55 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Chile (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); house fires in Canada (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 15,615 stories about harm among 86,618 counted on 6 Jun.
In Guatemala's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 86,618 stories, as usual. Ukraine's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. On 6 June 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, 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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