We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
60 of its 92 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 10 of Idlib's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
90 of its 166 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tigray accounted for 74 of Ethiopia's 90 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Drought was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
133 of its 198 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 61 of Afghanistan's 133 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
195 of its 471 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 116 of Iran's 195 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
287 of its 654 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 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.
34 of its 95 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 3 of Managua's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
82 of its 183 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories).
12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (260 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in UK (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 17,498 stories about harm among 78,715 counted on 21 Jun.
In Somalia's news, mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 78,715 stories, below the usual 24. A year earlier, on 21 June 2020, 34 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Syria, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% 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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