We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
117 of its 157 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Shinas accounted for 62 of Oman's 117 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
72 of its 111 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kabul accounted for 26 of Afghanistan's 72 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 82 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
209 of Belfast's 267 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories). Measles was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Tehran accounted for 342 of Iran's 683 stories about harm, carried by 659 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 81 of Israel's 234 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 48 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
6 of its 6 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 5 of Bangui's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
13 of its 57 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Philippines (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in India (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in US (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 13,745 stories about harm among 78,101 counted on 11 Jun.
Oman stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 78,101 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Oman. the Philippines' news mentioned landslides about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 11 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 softer 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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