We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
108 of its 143 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Morobe accounted for 81 of Papua New Guinea's 108 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Outbreaks were named in 93 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.
93 of its 174 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Panama City accounted for 92 of Panama's 93 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
158 of its 190 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Badme accounted for 120 of Eritrea's 158 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
295 of its 623 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (200 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
134 of its 170 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bamako accounted for 86 of Mali's 134 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
437 of its 1,151 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 316 of Tehran's 368 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (271 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
164 of its 223 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 103 of Sudan's 164 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
104 of its 138 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Unity State accounted for 78 of South Sudan's 104 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
185 of its 570 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (140 stories). Landslides were named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
152 of its 531 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Train derailment was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Vietnam (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Austria (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Guatemala (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 43,493 stories about harm among 205,367 counted on 26 Jun.
Vietnam's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 205,367 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 June 2017, 22 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 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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