We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
72 of its 73 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Solhan accounted for 57 of Burkina Faso's 72 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
79 of its 135 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Colombo accounted for 47 of Sri Lanka's 79 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories). Flooding was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.
476 of its 1,056 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 101 of Tiananmen Square's 183 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
212 of its 764 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 42 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Marib accounted for 26 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
129 of its 181 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 59 of Afghanistan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 8 of Budapest's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 5 of Bamako's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ethiopia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in UK (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Canada (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in US (41 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 11,751 stories about harm among 47,987 counted on 5 Jun.
24 in every 100 of the day's 47,987 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 5 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 34 in every 100, against 24 today.
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 harsher 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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