We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
86 of its 163 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 15 of Nuevo Laredo's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 67 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tigray accounted for 39 of Ethiopia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
47 of its 85 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jakarta accounted for 30 of Indonesia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 61 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Catatumbo accounted for 25 of Colombia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
102 of its 301 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 63 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 9 of Baghdad's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 24 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).
295 of its 862 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sydney accounted for 185 of Australia's 295 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Canada (33 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); building collapse in US (200 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in UK (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in India (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 11,832 stories about harm among 47,336 counted on 26 Jun.
25 in every 100 of the day's 47,336 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. A year earlier, on 26 June 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 much 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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