We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
621 of its 1,835 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tehran accounted for 314 of Iran's 621 stories about harm, carried by 620 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (278 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
66 of its 111 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Sohar accounted for 29 of Oman's 66 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories).
250 of its 736 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
317 of Belfast's 386 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
85 of its 117 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 32 of Afghanistan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
225 of its 551 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 115 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories).
71 of its 198 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
62 of its 154 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 62 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets.
Darfur accounted for 15 of Sudan's 26 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (111 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (40 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in India (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 13,857 stories about harm among 78,952 counted on 10 Jun.
Of the day's 78,952 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 10 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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