We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 135 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tigray accounted for 51 of Ethiopia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Hunger was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Naypyidaw accounted for 28 of Myanmar's 68 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 118 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Heavy rain was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with building collapse and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 26 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
285 of its 866 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories).
89 of its 329 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Indonesia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (101 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in UK (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 20,709 stories about harm among 93,459 counted on 10 Jun.
Ethiopia's news mentioned the hunger about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 June 2020, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. of the day's 93,459 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. Palestine stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.
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 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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