We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
452 of its 968 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paris accounted for 368 of France's 452 stories about harm, carried by 653 outlets. 302 of Paris' 368 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (287 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 125 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 44 of Afghanistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 64 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. la Plata accounted for 24 of Argentina's 31 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
73 of its 189 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
98 of its 186 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Stockholm accounted for 87 of Sweden's 98 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 72 of Stockholm's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 70 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 250 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
56 of its 193 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of Tehran's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 10,175 stories about harm among 53,228 counted on 2 Jul.
For the fifth day running, the news turned to France. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 53,228 stories, as usual. France's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual. On 2 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to France, on 5 of 7 days.
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 much harsher 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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