We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
964 of its 1,176 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 515 of Afghanistan's 964 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (221 stories). Natural hazards were named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
969 of its 1,185 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Idlib accounted for 423 of Syria's 969 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. 220 of Idlib's 423 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (392 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
147 of its 296 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
139 of its 335 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Doha accounted for 124 of Qatar's 139 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories).
308 of its 767 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Hepatitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
168 of its 209 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 66 of Juba's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
167 of its 223 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 26 of Manama's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories).
104 of its 279 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
98 of its 207 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Chikungunya was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dengue. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
752 of its 2,283 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (598 stories). Accidents were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Puerto Rico (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Sierra Leone (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Dominica (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Antarctica (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Kenya (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 May. 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 57,525 stories about harm among 274,370 counted on 31 May.
Puerto Rico's news mentioned the chikungunya more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 274,370 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Afghanistan stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 68%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its 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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