We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 53 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Dakar accounted for 19 of Senegal's 34 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 16 of Dakar's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
338 of its 855 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hanoi accounted for 195 of Vietnam's 338 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Landslides were named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts, road crashes and food poisoning.
580 of its 1,211 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (121 stories). Cholera was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 35 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
325 of its 1,355 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kigali accounted for 17 of Rwanda's 29 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
7 of its 16 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 88 of Sudan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in South Korea (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,940 stories about harm among 116,147 counted on 9 Jun.
The news turned to Senegal for the ninth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 116,147 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Canada. Ethiopia's news mentioned the drought about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 9 June 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 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 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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