We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
72 of its 77 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Khartoum accounted for 60 of Sudan's 72 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 58 of Khartoum's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
367 of its 848 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Odesa accounted for 186 of Ukraine's 367 stories about harm, carried by 443 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (168 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
21 of its 62 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
72 of its 189 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
40 of its 58 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Pyongyang accounted for 27 of North Korea's 40 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 21 of Pyongyang's 27 stories were about protests or strikes.
24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 12 of Quito's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 45 of Bangladesh's 89 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and cyclone.
87 of its 275 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories).
19 of its 56 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Nicaragua (24 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); covid in Kashmir (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Belgium (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jul. 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 16,404 stories about harm among 77,867 counted on 1 Jul.
For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 77,867 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 10 times their usual in Nicaragua's news. In Sudan, 94% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% is usual. On 1 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today. Over June, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 in June 2021.
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 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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