We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
760 of its 1,380 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kherson accounted for 359 of Ukraine's 760 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (183 stories). Flooding was named in 428 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dakar accounted for 25 of Senegal's 37 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 22 of Dakar's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
143 of its 237 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (67 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 157 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kampala accounted for 35 of Uganda's 76 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Covid was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Khartoum accounted for 97 of Sudan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Hunger was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 5 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.
51 of its 98 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
324 of its 1,451 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
59 of its 113 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tigray accounted for 30 of Ethiopia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets.
41 of its 128 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (38 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (170 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in US (993 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Haiti (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 23,420 stories about harm among 123,598 counted on 8 Jun.
For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 123,598 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Ukraine's news. In Ukraine, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. On 8 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 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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