We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
98 of its 132 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vilnius accounted for 84 of Lithuania's 98 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Road crashes were named in 91 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
324 of its 719 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Stockholm accounted for 269 of Sweden's 324 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (226 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
215 of its 239 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Managua accounted for 173 of Nicaragua's 215 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 162 of Managua's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
398 of its 583 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 288 of Iraq's 398 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
943 of its 1,004 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Escuintla accounted for 514 of Guatemala's 943 stories about harm, carried by 725 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
139 of its 475 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 78 of Amman's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
29 of its 38 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
102 of its 331 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
84 of its 299 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Jordan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in France (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in Guatemala (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 43,186 stories about harm among 217,904 counted on 7 Jun.
In Lithuania, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 217,904 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in Lithuania's news. On 7 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 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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