We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
678 of its 926 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bogota accounted for 364 of Colombia's 678 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (356 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
66 of its 288 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Heatwave was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
337 of its 397 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Manama accounted for 166 of Bahrain's 337 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 147 of Manama's 166 stories were about protests or strikes.
290 of its 481 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
218 of its 435 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Yerevan accounted for 175 of Armenia's 218 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
251 of its 329 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
98 of its 229 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
145 of its 187 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
302 of its 1,117 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (213 stories). Hunger was named in 166 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
418 of its 905 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 217 of Bangkok's 307 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Korea (166 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Cambodia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Malaysia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (93 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 63,295 stories about harm among 290,035 counted on 23 Jun.
In South Korea's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 290,035 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Chile and Antarctica. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Colombia stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.
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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