We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
478 of its 681 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Amman accounted for 359 of Jordan's 478 stories about harm, carried by 409 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 92 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Cibitoke accounted for 68 of Burundi's 83 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 54 of Cibitoke's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
288 of its 521 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Colombo accounted for 256 of Sri Lanka's 288 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (109 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
597 of its 901 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (563 stories). Accidents were named in 187 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
98 of its 107 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Niamey accounted for 60 of Niger's 98 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
226 of its 289 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 172 of Somalia's 226 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
126 of its 145 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
132 of its 241 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
57 of its 149 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
288 of its 749 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Oil spill was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Hong Kong (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Iran (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Colombia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Uganda (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (1821 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 55,368 stories about harm among 259,136 counted on 6 Jun.
Jordan stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 259,136 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Hong Kong's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual.
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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