We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
575 of its 698 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 147 of Manbij's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
571 of its 828 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 511 of Armenia's 571 stories about harm, carried by 415 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 41 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
67 of its 110 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
148 of its 244 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Saadnayel accounted for 104 of Lebanon's 148 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 80 of Saadnayel's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories).
156 of its 312 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 27 of Riyadh's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (68 stories). Ebola was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
58 of its 112 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
507 of its 835 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
450 of its 749 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ramallah accounted for 298 of Palestine's 450 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (126 stories).
344 of its 720 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in China (340 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Sudan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (786 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Angola (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 53,411 stories about harm among 280,758 counted on 24 Jun.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 12 May 2016. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. In Nicaragua's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 280,758 stories, below the usual 22.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 softer 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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