We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
201 of its 332 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kharkiv accounted for 90 of Ukraine's 201 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Monrovia accounted for 10 of Liberia's 10 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. 5 of Monrovia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.
19 of its 58 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
111 of its 169 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 90 of Palestine's 111 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
375 of its 493 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Illness was named in 92 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 140 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tehran accounted for 35 of Iran's 55 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 62 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 37 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets.
42 of its 138 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Israel (92 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); food poisoning in US (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 9,542 stories about harm among 50,854 counted on 7 Jun.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. 19 in every 100 of the day's 50,854 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Ukraine stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%. On 7 June 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, 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 harsher 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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