We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
800 of its 1,003 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Yerevan accounted for 632 of Armenia's 800 stories about harm, carried by 426 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (502 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
390 of its 479 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. 53 of Deir Ezzor's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
138 of its 378 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with road crashes.
19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
158 of its 273 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Amman accounted for 112 of Jordan's 158 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
515 of its 631 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 474 of Somalia's 515 stories about harm, carried by 548 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
92 of its 100 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mopti accounted for 88 of Mali's 92 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
162 of its 283 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Typhoon was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
411 of its 581 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 182 of Istanbul's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (171 stories).
138 of its 243 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Palestine (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Sudan (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); extreme cold in Namibia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Indonesia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 34,579 stories about harm among 147,296 counted on 26 Jun.
In Palestine's news, mentions of the heatwave ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 147,296 stories, above the usual 22. It was the third day running that the news turned to Armenia. In Armenia, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Armenia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 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 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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