We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 36 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Niamey accounted for 26 of Niger's 32 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 111 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 48 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 6 of Damascus' 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
43 of its 104 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 25 of Bangladesh's 43 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets.
507 of its 1,570 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tehran accounted for 272 of Iran's 507 stories about harm, carried by 567 outlets. Illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
399 of its 715 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 135 of Israel's 399 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
126 of its 171 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 39 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 9 of Baghdad's 13 stories were about protests or strikes.
34 of its 56 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in China (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in Australia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in France (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Iran (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in UK (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 11,695 stories about harm among 67,871 counted on 19 Jun.
For the second day running, the news turned to Niger. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 67,871 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in China's news. In Niger, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual.
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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