We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
357 of its 617 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nairobi accounted for 260 of Kenya's 357 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. 240 of Nairobi's 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
411 of its 953 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 214 of Russia's 411 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
138 of its 477 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 70 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Bird flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
63 of its 195 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Mecca accounted for 50 of Saudi Arabia's 63 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
203 of its 586 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Philippine accounted for 123 of the Philippines' 203 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 32 of Haiti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Cholera was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Meningitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 61 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 66 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Ghana (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Poland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in China (24 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 19,424 stories about harm among 105,748 counted on 25 Jun.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Kenya. of the day's 105,748 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Haiti's news mentioned the cholera about 8 times as often as usual. Kenya's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. A year earlier, on 26 June 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 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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