We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
601 of its 970 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bali accounted for 349 of Indonesia's 601 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (291 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 489 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
301 of its 387 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 217 of Iraq's 301 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
207 of its 236 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Juba accounted for 180 of South Sudan's 207 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (167 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 37 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 17 of Mbabane's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
539 of its 702 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tripoli accounted for 433 of Libya's 539 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (449 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
219 of its 498 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
856 of its 2,308 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (134 stories). Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
247 of its 365 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Heavy rain was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
333 of its 377 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Sevare accounted for 295 of Mali's 333 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
134 of its 418 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Korea (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ethiopia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kashmir (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ireland (36 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in India (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 42,412 stories about harm among 193,471 counted on 29 Jun.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about three times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Indonesia, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 193,471 stories, above the usual 20.
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 much 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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