We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
570 of its 767 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kabul accounted for 296 of Afghanistan's 570 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (177 stories). Ebola was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
606 of its 690 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Port Moresby accounted for 553 of Papua New Guinea's 606 stories about harm, carried by 555 outlets. 545 of Port Moresby's 553 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (461 stories).
26 of its 56 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Drought was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
285 of its 329 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (160 stories).
125 of its 238 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 18 of Machinga's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Earthquake was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.
1,396 of its 2,302 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,017 of Israel's 1,396 stories about harm, carried by 836 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (654 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
126 of its 296 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,144 of its 1,699 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (623 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
367 of its 620 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 312 of Venezuela's 367 stories about harm, carried by 281 outlets. 283 of Caracas' 312 stories were about protests or strikes.
66 of its 139 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (72 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Zambia (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); bird flu in Hong Kong (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Kenya (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 61,473 stories about harm among 295,782 counted on 8 Jun.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 295,782 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 69%.
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 harsher 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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