We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
43 of its 83 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Phnom Penh accounted for 30 of Cambodia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 18 of Phnom Penh's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories).
35 of its 50 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Darfur accounted for 18 of Sudan's 35 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 22 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 13 of Quito's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
21 of its 33 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 33 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Seytenga accounted for 21 of Burkina Faso's 29 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 83 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 13 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 20 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Sudan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Iran (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 18,179 stories about harm among 83,322 counted on 14 Jun.
South Sudan's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 83,322 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cambodia, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. On 14 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as 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 22 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 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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