We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
144 of its 212 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 51 of Rabat's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 275 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kampala accounted for 88 of Uganda's 127 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
106 of its 539 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Bird flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
259 of its 406 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Valletta accounted for 156 of Malta's 259 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories).
389 of its 773 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (280 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
132 of its 326 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Doha accounted for 121 of Qatar's 132 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 54 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Oil spill was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
183 of its 671 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (111 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.
66 of its 92 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 48 of Myanmar's 66 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories).
11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Armenia (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Papua New Guinea (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Palau (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Zambia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bulgaria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 42,934 stories about harm among 204,647 counted on 27 Jun.
Morocco's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. of the day's 204,647 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. On 27 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as 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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