We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
163 of its 228 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 56 of Afghanistan's 163 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
53 of its 90 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 30 of Iraq's 53 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 15 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 35 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Srebrenica accounted for 28 of Bosnia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 122 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Damascus accounted for 43 of Syria's 76 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
95 of its 365 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
5 of Bogota's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 89 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms and respiratory illness.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in South Korea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (100 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,217 stories about harm among 92,942 counted on 9 Jun.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 24 February 2020. Haiti's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 9 June 2020, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. of the day's 92,942 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25.
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 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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