We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
99 of its 159 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 29 of Sao Paulo's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 85 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
165 of its 357 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 100 of Iran's 165 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
21 of its 24 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 156 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 63 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
35 of its 69 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
103 of its 192 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
35 of its 82 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
Reports of refugees 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. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in New Zealand (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in US (250 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in India (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 10,167 stories about harm among 40,438 counted on 20 Jun.
Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Lebanon and Bangladesh. of the day's 40,438 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 24. the news turned to Brazil for the second day running. Brazil's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 20 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 25 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 25 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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