We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
44 of its 54 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Niamey accounted for 39 of Niger's 44 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 70 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 7 of Warsaw's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 50 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 88 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
9 of its 18 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
28 of its 124 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Jammu accounted for 24 of Kashmir's 41 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 148 of Russia's 194 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Illness was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 60 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in France (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in China (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tornadoes in US (219 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Iran (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in Australia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 13,643 stories about harm among 78,459 counted on 18 Jun.
17 in every 100 of the day's 78,459 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.
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 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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