We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
96 of its 147 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tigray accounted for 69 of Ethiopia's 96 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
154 of its 281 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
39 of its 90 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 44 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. 8 of Mandalay's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 205 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 222 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
301 of its 722 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 66 of Afghanistan's 146 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. Polio was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hunger.
92 of its 216 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in New Zealand (55 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Peru (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Madagascar (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 20,041 stories about harm among 93,892 counted on 23 Jun.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 24 February 2020. of the day's 93,892 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. New Zealand's news mentioned outbreaks about 7 times as often as usual. On 23 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 21 today. In Ethiopia, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.
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 21 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 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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