We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
298 of its 440 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 92 of Austria's 298 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
138 of its 324 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 82 of Kenya's 138 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
162 of its 374 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kyiv accounted for 88 of Ukraine's 162 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 396 of Israel's 781 stories about harm, carried by 628 outlets. 240 of Jerusalem's 396 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
53 of its 84 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
67 of its 150 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 38 of Bangladesh's 67 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
28 of its 83 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
20 of its 72 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 89 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Malawi (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Bangladesh (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 17,621 stories about harm among 93,198 counted on 10 Jun.
Austria stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 93,198 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Malawi's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. On 10 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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