We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,961 of its 3,703 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Beijing accounted for 975 of China's 1,961 stories about harm, carried by 1,080 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (205 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with extreme cold, drownings and hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
49 of its 87 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tripoli accounted for 31 of Libya's 49 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of Causeway Bay's 21 stories were about protests or strikes.
36 of its 46 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 18 of Honduras' 36 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 119 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and road crashes.
Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Syria (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in UK (119 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 35,519 stories about harm among 112,569 counted on 17 Jun.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 12 March 2020. Syria's news mentioned the hunger about 10 times as often as usual. On 18 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 32 today. of the day's 112,569 news stories, 32 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 34.
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 32 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 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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