We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
641 of its 755 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 395 of Palestine's 641 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (378 stories). Road crashes were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
178 of its 254 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 31 of Baghdad's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 36 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Boka Kotorska accounted for 29 of Montenegro's 31 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
120 of its 609 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
517 of its 540 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 449 of Somalia's 517 stories about harm, carried by 767 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
231 of its 749 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 189 of Sentosa Island's 213 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (123 stories).
66 of its 114 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 49 of Addis Ababa's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
614 of its 837 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 404 of Afghanistan's 614 stories about harm, carried by 296 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 138 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 17 of Kathmandu's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
135 of its 709 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Guyana (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in New Zealand (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Korea (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 24,421 stories about harm among 114,025 counted on 9 Jun.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 114,025 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Palestine for the second day running. Palestine's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%. A year earlier, on 9 June 2017, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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 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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