We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 45 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Dakar accounted for 18 of Senegal's 27 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 10 of Dakar's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
50 of its 67 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sittwe accounted for 22 of Myanmar's 50 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Cyclone was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, storm surge and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 83 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 88 of Sudan's 151 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
369 of its 949 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Wellington accounted for 219 of New Zealand's 369 stories about harm, carried by 505 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
157 of its 313 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 77 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
392 of its 877 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 88 of Islamabad's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 170 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks.
Also named far more than usual: diphtheria in Vietnam (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Brazil (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Syria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 May. 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 21,869 stories about harm among 125,868 counted on 16 May.
Senegal stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 125,868 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Myanmar's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. On 16 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 17 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 17 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 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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