We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 86 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Afrin accounted for 27 of Syria's 51 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 63 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 46 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 62 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 19 of Aung Hlaing's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding.
19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 6 of Algiers' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Minsk accounted for 31 of Belarus' 46 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 19 of Minsk's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
114 of its 250 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
176 of its 457 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Hurricane was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm and heavy rain.
68 of its 193 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (34 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Australia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in China (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 17,788 stories about harm among 79,272 counted on 14 Jun.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Syria. of the day's 79,272 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. Myanmar's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 June 2020, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Syria, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.
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 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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