We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
947 of its 1,614 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Riyadh accounted for 799 of Saudi Arabia's 947 stories about harm, carried by 773 outlets. 717 of Riyadh's 799 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (676 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
319 of its 473 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Addis Ababa accounted for 180 of Ethiopia's 319 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (266 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
393 of its 1,249 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (244 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
108 of its 224 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
145 of its 155 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Managua accounted for 137 of Nicaragua's 145 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 132 of Managua's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
98 of its 240 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 55 of Athens' 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
149 of its 200 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Koumaga accounted for 96 of Mali's 149 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
523 of its 631 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
167 of its 512 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 76 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Indonesia (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Australia (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Canada (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 23,491 stories about harm among 99,555 counted on 24 Jun.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 May 2018. of the day's 99,555 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Australia's news. In Saudi Arabia, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Indonesia, on 3 of 7 days.
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 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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