We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
170 of its 395 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 109 of Brazil's 170 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
87 of its 182 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Oslo accounted for 78 of Norway's 87 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 34 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Amhara accounted for 15 of Ethiopia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
197 of its 384 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 115 of Ukraine's 197 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
92 of its 152 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 42 of Palestine's 92 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 62 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 245 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 15 of Gwangju's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 58 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Portugal (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Israel (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Iran (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in US (56 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dust storm in India (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 12,069 stories about harm among 68,269 counted on 15 Jun.
Brazil's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 68,269 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Brazil for the second day running.
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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