Lesotho
18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The day's news pointed at arrests in Lesotho and Chad and people injured in Côte d’Ivoire. Lesotho's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
Part of lifeHealth
55 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual
Country that rose mostNorway
36 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 26
RegionEvery region
about as usual
Tone of the words
About as usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Côte d’Ivoire
21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Chad
21 of its 49 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Slovakia
Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
6 more places the news pointed at
Norway
67 of its 184 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
Kashmir
Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 90 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Puerto Rico
59 of its 85 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories).
Jamaica
60 of its 143 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Iran
120 of its 232 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 62 of Iran's 120 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets.
Zimbabwe
126 of its 261 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Russia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in China (32 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in India (60 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in South Africa (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
32 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 34; 33 the day beforeStories 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 35,788 stories about harm among 110,507 counted on 11 Jun.
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In Lesotho, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 12 June 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today. 32 in every 100 of the day's 110,507 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 34.
- 32 in every 100 of the day's 110,507 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 34).
- Lesotho: 18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%.
- Côte d’Ivoire: 21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%.
- Chad: 21 of its 49 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%.
- Slovakia: Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories).
- Mentions of oil spill ran about 4 times their usual in Russia's news.
- Mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual in China's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
- A year earlier, on 12 June 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Puerto Rico69 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Kashmir60 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan53 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Philippines53 in 100 of its 704 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Burundi52 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 59 · mostly healthCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US764 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1646 London UK170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 702 Los Angeles US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 New York US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 476 Beijing China120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Richmond US protests & strikes · 135 stories, 500 outlets ● Dallas US protests & strikes · 148 stories, 335 outlets ● Laquila Italy attacks & violence · 14 stories, 156 outlets ● Bristol UK protests & strikes · 150 stories, 228 outlets ● Oslo Norway attacks & violence · 39 stories, 103 outlets ● Baghdad Iraq attacks & violence · 32 stories, 108 outlets ● Brownsea Island UK protests & strikes · 42 stories, 90 outlets ● Damascus Syria protests & strikes · 12 stories, 63 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health55% 19,625 stories · much less than usual (usually 64%) Rights & justice28% 9,968 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents5% 1,856 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,715 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,018 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 702 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 370 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 296 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed8,511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations110 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and ChinaStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.