We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
67 of its 100 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Khartoum accounted for 64 of Sudan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 61 of Khartoum's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
87 of its 193 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Blaj accounted for 84 of Romania's 87 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
291 of its 393 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 237 of Afghanistan's 291 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
619 of its 1,085 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (410 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
433 of its 513 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Golan Heights accounted for 196 of Syria's 433 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,068 of its 1,776 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jerusalem accounted for 888 of Israel's 1,068 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (254 stories).
279 of its 860 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 107 of Moscow's 167 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories).
645 of its 2,666 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 351 of Tiananmen's 515 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories).
110 of its 180 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 7 of Almaty's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Oman (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Kashmir (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,033 stories about harm among 95,422 counted on 2 Jun.
In France's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. 22 in every 100 of the day's 95,422 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. In Sudan, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Nepal, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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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