We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
86 of its 123 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Caracas accounted for 69 of Venezuela's 86 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 65 of Caracas' 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
179 of its 208 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Socotra accounted for 123 of Yemen's 179 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories). Cyclone was named in 109 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
283 of its 1,185 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Power cuts were named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
123 of its 133 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Algiers accounted for 116 of Algeria's 123 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories).
64 of its 73 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bamako accounted for 58 of Mali's 64 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 54 of Bamako's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
249 of its 553 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nairobi accounted for 192 of Kenya's 249 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (54 stories). Building collapse was named in 151 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 88 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
254 of its 277 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Managua accounted for 157 of Nicaragua's 254 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 89 of Managua's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
136 of its 161 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
183 of its 337 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Kenya (151 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Guatemala (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Chile (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 24,134 stories about harm among 114,035 counted on 3 Jun.
Mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual in Kenya's news. of the day's 114,035 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Venezuela's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. A year earlier, on 3 June 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Puerto Rico, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 much harsher 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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