We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,107 of its 1,261 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Guatape accounted for 792 of Colombia's 1,107 stories about harm, carried by 794 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (986 stories). Flooding was named in 279 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and extreme cold.
1,578 of its 4,786 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 392 of Beijing's 600 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (71 stories). Heatwave was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.
149 of its 231 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Train derailment was named in 15 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.
76 of its 154 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
762 of its 1,059 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bahawalpur accounted for 438 of Pakistan's 762 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (645 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 161 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 25 of Rabat's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (46 stories).
439 of its 870 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Hurricane was named in 180 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
1,100 of its 2,443 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tokyo accounted for 782 of Japan's 1,100 stories about harm, carried by 646 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (869 stories).
39 of its 71 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
85 of its 277 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (180 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Tanzania (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Liberia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (21 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 40,772 stories about harm among 182,846 counted on 26 Jun.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 182,846 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. Colombia's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. A year earlier, on 26 June 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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 22 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 much 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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