We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
303 of its 425 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Arsal accounted for 147 of Lebanon's 303 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (241 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
184 of its 498 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 108 of Hanoi's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
53 of its 187 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
75 of its 211 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories).
66 of its 74 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabelawa accounted for 47 of Niger's 66 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
105 of its 155 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Abidjan accounted for 80 of Côte d’Ivoire's 105 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
422 of its 648 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 94 of Palestinian Legislative Council's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (193 stories).
763 of its 917 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (430 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts.
1,140 of its 1,411 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khan Sheikhoun accounted for 448 of Syria's 1,140 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Tsunami was named in 259 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (259 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Albania (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Guam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kashmir (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 41,363 stories about harm among 187,348 counted on 30 Jun.
In Lebanon, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 187,348 stories, as usual. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 8 times their usual in Japan's news. On 30 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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 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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