We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
588 of its 1,085 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 428 of Kenya's 588 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (334 stories). Flu was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with overdoses. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
262 of its 375 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Arsal accounted for 224 of Lebanon's 262 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
214 of its 522 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
136 of its 226 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 120 of Cuba's 136 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
107 of its 155 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Quito accounted for 98 of Ecuador's 107 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories).
242 of its 454 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Valletta accounted for 222 of Malta's 242 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (186 stories).
168 of its 548 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
56 of its 187 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 20 of Rabat's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories).
104 of its 163 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
622 of its 773 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. 128 of Golan Heights' 218 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Papua New Guinea (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Greece (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kashmir (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 43,283 stories about harm among 212,814 counted on 28 Jun.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 212,814 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in Papua New Guinea's news. In Kenya, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. On 28 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 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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