We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,799 of its 2,422 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bahawalpur accounted for 904 of Pakistan's 1,799 stories about harm, carried by 872 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (990 stories). Oil spill was named in 187 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
195 of its 258 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Caracas accounted for 174 of Venezuela's 195 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 171 of Caracas' 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
208 of its 476 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Heavy rain was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
198 of its 308 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gulmarg accounted for 108 of Kashmir's 198 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
416 of its 1,011 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tokyo accounted for 328 of Japan's 416 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (278 stories). Tsunami was named in 179 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with drownings and volcanic eruption.
1,246 of its 2,363 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 254 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and avalanche.
229 of its 323 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
354 of its 813 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (285 stories). Heatwave was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought.
372 of its 514 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 75 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 14 of al-Hoceima's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (179 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (254 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Peru (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in New Zealand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 25,694 stories about harm among 103,604 counted on 25 Jun.
Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the UK and Spain. Pakistan's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. On 25 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 25 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 103,604 stories, above the usual 23. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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