We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
289 of its 350 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Budapest accounted for 283 of Hungary's 289 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
310 of its 607 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Mecca accounted for 273 of Saudi Arabia's 310 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
74 of Kafr Qaddum's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (164 stories). Outbreaks were named in 86 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
99 of its 169 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tsunami was named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 89 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tirana accounted for 55 of Albania's 79 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories).
27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 91 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
102 of its 345 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
11,047 of its 35,557 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (532 stories). Storm surge was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
10 of its 48 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 5 of Prague's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Italy (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Burkina Faso (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Spain (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Israel (61 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 24,607 stories about harm among 111,043 counted on 1 Jun.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 28 April 2019. of the day's 111,043 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Hungary stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Over May, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in May 2018.
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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