We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
263 of its 356 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bogota accounted for 120 of Colombia's 263 stories about harm, carried by 574 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (200 stories). Plane crash was named in 206 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
312 of its 892 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hanoi accounted for 196 of Vietnam's 312 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Drought was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
107 of its 120 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mogadishu accounted for 92 of Somalia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 46 of Israel's 101 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 25 of Jerusalem's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
338 of its 722 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
106 of its 294 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ankara accounted for 61 of Türkiye's 106 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 110 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
34 of its 123 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Tsunami was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Khartoum accounted for 42 of Sudan's 62 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Italy (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in Sudan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Pakistan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 12,405 stories about harm among 66,158 counted on 10 Jun.
Colombia's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. of the day's 66,158 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Colombia's news mentioned plane crash about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 June 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 19 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 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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