We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
706 of its 883 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Baghdad accounted for 354 of Iraq's 706 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (254 stories). Poisoning was named in 422 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
464 of its 939 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Nairobi accounted for 390 of Kenya's 464 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Building collapse was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
254 of its 553 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 223 of Sweden's 254 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (175 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
54 of its 200 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 40 of Buenos Aires' 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories).
794 of its 1,678 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
156 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Measles was named in 153 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rubella.
639 of its 936 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (541 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 287 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,344 of its 5,706 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 557 of Moscow's 924 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (566 stories).
50 of Bucharest's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Maldives (153 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (156 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Hong Kong (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (53 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tuberculosis in Peru (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 46,883 stories about harm among 235,356 counted on 13 Jun.
The Maldives' news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US. On 13 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 235,356 stories, below the usual 23.
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 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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