We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
109 of its 248 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Stockholm accounted for 78 of Sweden's 109 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (61 stories). Train derailment was named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 85 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Idlib accounted for 30 of Syria's 65 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
204 of its 603 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Hanoi accounted for 132 of Vietnam's 204 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. HIV was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria and tuberculosis.
414 of its 1,522 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Oil spill was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
37 of its 44 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Choloma accounted for 27 of Honduras' 37 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
104 of its 401 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
68 of its 226 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
88 of its 112 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 36 of Sudan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 56 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Greece (39 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Saudi Arabia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in India (116 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Germany (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 19,153 stories about harm among 102,216 counted on 26 Jun.
For the second day running, the news turned to Sweden. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 102,216 stories, as usual. On 26 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. In Sweden, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual.
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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