We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
104 of its 136 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dakar accounted for 86 of Senegal's 104 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. 66 of Dakar's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,431 of its 6,419 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (363 stories). Train derailment was named in 299 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 136 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 67 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola.
118 of its 241 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 118 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 104 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Hurricane was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms.
25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories).
24 of its 77 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Kyiv accounted for 165 of Ukraine's 257 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Cuba (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in China (16 of its stories, about three 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 20,962 stories about harm among 116,592 counted on 2 Jun.
For the second day running, the news turned to Senegal. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 116,592 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 9 times their usual in Cuba's news. In Senegal, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. On 2 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 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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