We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
357 of its 1,068 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Paris accounted for 263 of France's 357 stories about harm, carried by 580 outlets. 214 of Paris' 263 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (226 stories). 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.
152 of its 282 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Road crashes were named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
90 of its 155 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 74 of Afghanistan's 90 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Chisinau accounted for 20 of Moldova's 20 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
75 of its 143 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 52 of Sweden's 75 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 37 of Stockholm's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 16 of Haiti's 26 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
54 of its 125 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Earthquake was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
28 of its 92 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 105 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Baghdad accounted for 13 of Iraq's 17 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 8 of Baghdad's 13 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Japan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jul. 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 11,677 stories about harm among 64,423 counted on 1 Jul.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to France. of the day's 64,423 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. France stood out: 33% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. On 1 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Over June, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in June 2022.
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 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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