We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
353 of its 543 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 277 of Bangladesh's 353 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 136 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
166 of its 216 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Beirut accounted for 91 of Lebanon's 166 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 65 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Guatemala City accounted for 43 of Guatemala's 48 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 38 of Guatemala City's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
85 of its 107 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
75 of its 87 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
76 of its 105 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 94 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 17 of al-Hoceima's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories).
117 of its 409 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
170 of its 199 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 109 of Somalia's 170 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Sri Lanka (110 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Montenegro (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Algeria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Albania (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Jul. 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 31,083 stories about harm among 147,867 counted on 4 Jul.
Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 147,867 stories, below the usual 22. On 4 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 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 21 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 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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