We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
135 of its 183 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 114 of Sudan's 135 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
416 of its 702 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 132 of Dhaka's 192 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
163 of its 479 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 148 of Argentina's 163 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories).
Baidoa accounted for 67 of Somalia's 113 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
158 of its 182 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Sanaa accounted for 72 of Yemen's 158 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
275 of its 649 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Poisoning was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with dengue. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
28,764 of its 98,830 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (816 stories). Oil spill was named in 281 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
770 of its 2,558 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (324 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
109 of its 317 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 53 of Santiago's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Iceland (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in India (286 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Switzerland (14 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 65,315 stories about harm among 292,564 counted on 15 Jun.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 292,564 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Sudan, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 53% is 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 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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