We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
277 of its 416 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 191 of Ukraine's 277 stories about harm, carried by 423 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (232 stories). Building collapse was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
115 of its 263 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nairobi accounted for 43 of Kenya's 115 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 24 of Nairobi's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Ebola was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks and hiv.
440 of its 1,255 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Cholera was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, landslides and tropical storm. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Bundibugyo accounted for 58 of Uganda's 95 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 155 of Lebanon's 202 stories about harm, carried by 296 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 47 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
30 of its 47 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Switzerland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in China (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 13,593 stories about harm among 76,781 counted on 2 Jun.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 76,781 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 2 June 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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