We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
513 of its 651 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Caracas accounted for 437 of Venezuela's 513 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. 383 of Caracas' 437 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
231 of its 273 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Darfur accounted for 178 of Sudan's 231 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
120 of its 157 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Yuai accounted for 82 of South Sudan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
114 of its 157 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Earthquake was named in 112 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
173 of its 461 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 104 of Hanoi's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
406 of its 737 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 143 of Ramallah's 234 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (179 stories). Road crashes were named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 42 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Paramaribo accounted for 32 of Suriname's 32 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 29 of Paramaribo's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories).
62 of its 162 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 20 of Bisri's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness.
186 of its 477 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 37 of Wan Chai's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories).
79 of its 129 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (77 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bird flu in Namibia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Lebanon (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greece (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 40,445 stories about harm among 188,710 counted on 29 Jun.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 188,710 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Nicaragua's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela. In Venezuela, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 61% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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