We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
57 of its 153 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 32 of Greece's 57 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
41 of its 135 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
18 of its 37 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lima accounted for 13 of Peru's 18 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (184 stories). Screwworm was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
297 of its 815 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (143 stories). Illness was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 23 of Palestine's 47 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 151 of Iran's 222 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
55 of its 118 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 26 of Kashmir's 55 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets.
48 of its 179 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories).
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Israel (28 of its stories, about 4 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 6,545 stories about harm among 35,635 counted on 7 Jun.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 35,635 stories, as usual. Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Congo's news. In Greece, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 June 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Nigeria, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 much 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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