We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
115 of its 123 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 36 of Haiti's 115 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (56 stories). Earthquake was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, hurricane and tropical storm. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
102 of its 187 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 66 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dakar accounted for 26 of Senegal's 39 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 17 of Dakar's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
53 of its 177 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
819 of its 1,547 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kherson accounted for 282 of Ukraine's 819 stories about harm, carried by 493 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (119 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,559 of its 6,441 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 41 of Sudan's 74 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 38 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
438 of its 1,159 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in United Arab Emirates (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Vietnam (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 21,784 stories about harm among 120,296 counted on 6 Jun.
The news turned to Haiti for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 120,296 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. Haiti stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. On 6 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 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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