We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
915 of its 1,085 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Khartoum accounted for 886 of Sudan's 915 stories about harm, carried by 632 outlets. 880 of Khartoum's 886 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
252 of its 418 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Budapest accounted for 237 of Hungary's 252 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
107 of its 186 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 69 of Iraq's 107 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
475 of its 561 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
1,053 of its 5,025 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 521 of Tiananmen's 701 stories were about protests or strikes. Bird flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 110 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Rabat accounted for 47 of Morocco's 57 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 46 of Rabat's 47 stories were about protests or strikes.
17 of its 35 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 12 of Tirana's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (62 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
5 of Addis Ababa's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
64 of its 117 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (36 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); avalanche in India (219 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in France (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Italy (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 33,831 stories about harm among 170,288 counted on 3 Jun.
The news turned to Sudan for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 170,288 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. Sudan stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%. On 3 June 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 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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