We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
104 of its 275 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nairobi accounted for 64 of Kenya's 104 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 38 of Nairobi's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,901 of its 6,093 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ahmedabad accounted for 1,008 of India's 1,901 stories about harm, carried by 909 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,043 stories). Plane crash was named in 620 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
228 of its 712 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tehran accounted for 169 of Iran's 228 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 56 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Baghdad accounted for 19 of Iraq's 27 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
47 of its 133 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cairo accounted for 31 of Egypt's 47 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 29 of Cairo's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
67 of its 103 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 3 of Llallagua's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with extreme cold and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 152 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 324 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in South Africa (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in UK (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 16,537 stories about harm among 84,878 counted on 12 Jun.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 84,878 stories, as usual. Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in India's news. On 12 June 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. Kenya stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%.
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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