We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
181 of its 292 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 113 of Uganda's 181 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
217 of its 365 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 81 of Oromo's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
259 of its 325 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sirte accounted for 169 of Libya's 259 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
463 of its 1,007 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (158 stories). HIV was named in 131 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hepatitis.
720 of its 918 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 365 of Iraq's 720 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Measles was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
111 of its 229 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 32 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 3 of Tegucigalpa's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
146 of its 280 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 81 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
382 of its 851 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (113 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Senegal (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Mexico (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Gambia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Vietnam (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 64,985 stories about harm among 288,933 counted on 16 Jun.
Mentions of the earthquake ran about 6 times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 288,933 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%.
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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