We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
172 of its 226 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Badme accounted for 164 of Eritrea's 172 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
149 of its 349 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
131 of its 201 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
549 of its 775 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (496 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
96 of its 123 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Yaounde accounted for 74 of Cameroon's 96 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 79 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Nantaka accounted for 50 of Mali's 61 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
563 of its 647 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Hodeida accounted for 410 of Yemen's 563 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
87 of its 150 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 54 of Banjul's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
142 of its 180 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
214 of its 283 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Jordan (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Latvia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (63 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 45,283 stories about harm among 219,032 counted on 20 Jun.
Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. 21 in every 100 of the day's 219,032 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Latvia's news, mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual. Eritrea stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 20 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, 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 about as 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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