We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
521 of its 686 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (439 stories). Avalanche was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
132 of its 262 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Shkodra accounted for 132 of Albania's 132 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
178 of its 316 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Algiers accounted for 150 of Algeria's 178 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
588 of its 1,279 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 330 of Okinawa's 333 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (207 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,207 of its 2,964 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (714 stories). Cyclone was named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings, helicopter crash and hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 88 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
78 of its 246 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 19 of Causeway Bay's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories).
195 of its 597 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
96 of its 185 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
534 of its 681 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 471 of Iraq's 534 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 stories).
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Malaysia (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (46 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Russia (111 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 33,867 stories about harm among 141,066 counted on 19 Jun.
Mentions of helicopter crash ran about 8 times their usual in Malaysia's news. In Indonesia, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 141,066 stories, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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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