We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 72 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dakar accounted for 38 of Senegal's 53 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 28 of Dakar's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 92 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bathurst accounted for 49 of the Gambia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 59 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane, landslides and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
131 of its 237 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 142 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Yuen Long accounted for 29 of Hong Kong's 72 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
1,764 of its 6,680 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (421 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
14 of Tehran's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 27 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
7 of its 15 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
25 of its 63 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Vietnam (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Venezuela (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 19,611 stories about harm among 106,420 counted on 5 Jun.
For the fifth day running, the news turned to Senegal. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 106,420 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US. On 5 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 18 today. Senegal stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%.
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 18 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 harsher 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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.