We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
101 of its 217 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 139 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Athens accounted for 34 of Greece's 58 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
171 of its 427 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Philippine accounted for 106 of the Philippines' 171 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
178 of its 500 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
183 of its 218 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (80 stories). Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
34 of its 44 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. the Grenadine Islands accounted for 26 of Grenada's 34 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Hurricane was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm and flooding.
373 of its 978 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
57 of its 195 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain.
77 of its 184 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Nairobi accounted for 45 of Kenya's 77 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 25 of Nairobi's 45 stories were about protests or strikes.
115 of its 352 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Grenada (34 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (51 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Switzerland (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in India (59 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 9,786 stories about harm among 51,597 counted on 30 Jun.
The news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 51,597 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. In Grenada's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 7 times their usual. Ukraine stood out: 47% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. On 1 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Kenya, 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 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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