We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
260 of its 372 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Port Moresby accounted for 237 of Papua New Guinea's 260 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 233 of Port Moresby's 237 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (213 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
2,473 of its 3,175 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,707 of Israel's 2,473 stories about harm, carried by 1,146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,587 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
70 of its 94 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
253 of its 387 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Monrovia accounted for 180 of Liberia's 253 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (199 stories).
78 of its 95 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (74 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
442 of its 498 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 289 of Somalia's 442 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
78 of its 113 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
336 of its 396 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sirte accounted for 256 of Libya's 336 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
128 of its 263 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
105 of its 454 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Myanmar (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (148 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (36 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Hong Kong (30 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Vanuatu (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 60,684 stories about harm among 290,359 counted on 9 Jun.
Myanmar's news mentioned the drought more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 290,359 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%.
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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