We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
285 of its 438 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Amsterdam accounted for 262 of the Netherlands' 285 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (247 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
83 of its 127 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kigali accounted for 75 of Rwanda's 83 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 71 of Kigali's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
147 of its 190 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Drought was named in 134 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger.
289 of its 577 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 232 of Israel's 289 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
511 of its 863 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 460 of Iran's 511 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (290 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
287 of its 398 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 70 of Najaf's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
820 of its 953 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Kabul accounted for 490 of Afghanistan's 820 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 36 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
154 of its 310 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 139 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Switzerland (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Taiwan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Germany (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in China (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in US (350 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 30,115 stories about harm among 123,843 counted on 10 Jun.
Netherlands stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Ethiopia's news. A year earlier, on 10 June 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 123,843 stories, 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 much 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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