We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 111 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bogota accounted for 37 of Colombia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Ashdod accounted for 219 of Israel's 673 stories about harm, carried by 467 outlets. 192 of Ashdod's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
103 of its 304 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 281 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nairobi accounted for 48 of Kenya's 94 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
125 of its 377 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Hurricane was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and storms.
499 of its 2,501 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Rubella was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
31 of its 105 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Monrovia accounted for 21 of Liberia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
21 of its 28 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 41 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in China (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); rubella in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in India (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 14,909 stories about harm among 79,465 counted on 9 Jun.
People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Kashmir. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 79,465 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Colombia. In Colombia, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. On 9 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 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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