We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
41 of its 51 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Marib accounted for 19 of Yemen's 41 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 68 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 9 of Jenin's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 52 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Hurricane was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and heavy rain.
43 of its 112 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
20 of its 38 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 10 of Algiers' 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
18 of its 36 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tigray accounted for 43 of Ethiopia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Hunger was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 55 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Cabo Delgado accounted for 16 of Mozambique's 22 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ethiopia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Uganda (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Indonesia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Philippines (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Israel (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories 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 19,318 stories about harm among 86,894 counted on 11 Jun.
22 in every 100 of the day's 86,894 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. On 11 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 22 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 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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