We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
108 of its 160 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Sofia accounted for 93 of Bulgaria's 108 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
129 of its 163 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 97 of Haiti's 129 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 93 of Port-au-Prince's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (94 stories).
68 of its 203 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
151 of its 165 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
85 of its 208 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 53 of King Faisal Air Base's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11,277 of its 22,615 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6,114 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
193 of its 294 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
76 of its 209 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 31 of Banjul's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
117 of its 158 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Tripoli accounted for 83 of Libya's 117 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
22 of its 83 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in Canada (338 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Peru (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in South Korea (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Ukraine (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Taiwan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 53,891 stories about harm among 218,876 counted on 5 Jun.
Bulgaria's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Bulgaria for the second day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 218,876 news stories were about people being harmed, above 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 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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