We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
29 of its 37 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kidal accounted for 18 of Mali's 29 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
89 of its 144 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 89 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (31 stories). Covid was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with polio.
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
8 of its 15 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
133 of its 196 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jammu accounted for 69 of Kashmir's 133 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 57 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Jenin accounted for 44 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 62 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
53 of its 71 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Pyongyang accounted for 35 of North Korea's 53 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets.
69 of its 196 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in China (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in UK (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 18,021 stories about harm among 82,111 counted on 2 Jun.
Afghanistan's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 82,111 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mali, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. On 2 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.
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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