We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
384 of its 403 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Mukalla accounted for 231 of Yemen's 384 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (281 stories). Ebola was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
188 of its 322 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kakata accounted for 167 of Liberia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 120 of Kakata's 167 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (121 stories).
101 of its 139 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Ulaanbaatar accounted for 93 of Mongolia's 101 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
81 of its 306 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
2,196 of its 2,883 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Istanbul accounted for 1,732 of Türkiye's 2,196 stories about harm, carried by 1,353 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,457 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
127 of its 328 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 31 of Colombo's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
409 of its 532 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
288 of its 424 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
95 of its 110 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Juba accounted for 70 of South Sudan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
136 of its 177 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Brazil (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Uganda (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Armenia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Tanzania (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (39 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 57,157 stories about harm among 280,753 counted on 28 Jun.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Brazil's news, mentions of the dengue ran about 4 times their usual. Yemen stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 80%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 280,753 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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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