We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
517 of its 825 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 318 of Bangladesh's 517 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. 238 of Dhaka's 318 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (384 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 179 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 86 of Myanmar's 112 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
97 of its 112 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Ngozi accounted for 63 of Burundi's 97 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
100 of its 101 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
688 of its 857 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 447 of Iraq's 688 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (172 stories). Cholera was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.
83 of its 123 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
31,846 of its 97,482 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7,827 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,470 of its 5,077 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
670 of its 1,510 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 126 of Peshawar's 182 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories).
37 of its 105 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Vanuatu (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Austria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Zambia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Brazil (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 69,240 stories about harm among 288,529 counted on 14 Jun.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual in Vanuatu's news. of the day's 288,529 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.
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 much 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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