We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
42 of its 59 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Darfur accounted for 18 of Sudan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 168 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 14 of Harare's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kigali accounted for 35 of Rwanda's 86 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kabul accounted for 24 of Afghanistan's 47 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Drought was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 77 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 11 of Fahaheel's 13 stories were about protests or strikes.
11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 7 of Quito's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
97 of its 267 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories).
33 of its 90 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Iraq (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Russia (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatstroke in US (94 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 16,264 stories about harm among 73,216 counted on 13 Jun.
For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 73,216 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. In Sudan, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 55% is usual. On 13 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 much 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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