We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,081 of its 1,380 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Mecca accounted for 957 of Saudi Arabia's 1,081 stories about harm, carried by 686 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (852 stories). Building collapse was named in 359 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
155 of its 240 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (136 stories). Meningitis was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
132 of its 253 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Amman accounted for 124 of Jordan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
983 of its 2,853 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Heavy rain was named in 202 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon and avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
207 of its 276 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Caracas accounted for 132 of Venezuela's 207 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 123 of Caracas' 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories).
193 of its 314 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jammu accounted for 140 of Kashmir's 193 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,119 of its 1,806 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 46 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
170 of its 625 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
33 of its 80 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Natural hazards were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Bulgaria (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in South Africa (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Bangladesh (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 32,771 stories about harm among 131,812 counted on 24 Jun.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the UK and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 131,812 stories, above the usual 23. Mentions of meningitis ran more than ten times their usual in Uganda's news. In Saudi Arabia, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 June 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 25 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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