We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 165 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Colombo accounted for 46 of Sri Lanka's 66 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 81 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Aleppo accounted for 44 of Syria's 55 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 37 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts.
190 of its 713 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Tsunami was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with earthquake and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 82 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories).
20 of its 66 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 13 of Pyongyang's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
60 of its 129 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 13 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in United Arab Emirates (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Mexico (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 16,604 stories about harm among 96,357 counted on 3 Jun.
Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 96,357 stories, as usual. On 4 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 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 17 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 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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