We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
711 of its 795 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Khartoum accounted for 663 of Sudan's 711 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. 659 of Khartoum's 663 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (679 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
194 of its 352 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Budapest accounted for 182 of Hungary's 194 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (164 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
114 of its 325 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories). Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 208 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
136 of its 248 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 41 of Beirut's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
90 of its 180 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 47 of Beacon Hill's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
114 of its 246 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Copenhagen accounted for 88 of Denmark's 114 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 46 of Copenhagen's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,693 of its 5,400 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 1,082 of Tiananmen's 1,348 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
95 of its 223 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Lisbon accounted for 90 of Portugal's 95 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).
156 of its 165 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in Puerto Rico (107 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Jordan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in South Africa (80 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 37,213 stories about harm among 188,141 counted on 4 Jun.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Sudan. of the day's 188,141 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned tornadoes about 5 times as often as usual. Sudan's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 55%. A year earlier, on 4 June 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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