We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
180 of its 333 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 52 of Hayfa's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Hunger was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
192 of its 223 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Derna accounted for 117 of Libya's 192 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (149 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
108 of its 193 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Kamnik accounted for 103 of Slovenia's 108 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
71 of its 145 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). HIV was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
187 of its 356 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Caracas accounted for 152 of Venezuela's 187 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 142 of Caracas' 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (150 stories).
126 of its 155 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
56 of its 166 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
110 of its 129 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 88 of Somalia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
22 of its 52 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 16 of Tbilisi's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
158 of its 257 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Hungary (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Switzerland (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Nepal (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 39,610 stories about harm among 211,120 counted on 1 Jun.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 December 2017. Saudi Arabia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 211,120 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 1 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Over May, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in May 2017.
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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