We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
251 of its 460 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Dhaka accounted for 154 of Bangladesh's 251 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
374 of its 506 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Caracas accounted for 288 of Venezuela's 374 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. 236 of Caracas' 288 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
93 of its 96 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Bambari accounted for 79 of the Central African Republic's 93 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 176 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
56 of its 65 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Diffa accounted for 50 of Niger's 56 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
336 of its 420 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (257 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 3 of Tegucigalpa's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).
295 of its 818 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
137 of its 214 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
226 of its 666 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Japan (171 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Italy (66 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in Canada (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Philippines (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 38,706 stories about harm among 188,663 counted on 6 Jul.
Of the day's 188,663 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 6 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.
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 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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