We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
134 of its 205 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. la Romana accounted for 96 of the Dominican Republic's 134 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Poisoning was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
850 of its 938 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 786 of Sudan's 850 stories about harm, carried by 539 outlets. 758 of Khartoum's 786 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (792 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.
47 of its 54 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Velika Kladusa accounted for 29 of Bosnia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
115 of its 224 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (79 stories). Heavy rain was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
229 of its 465 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 164 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Earthquake was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
51 of its 132 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Flu was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,131 of its 4,123 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Overdoses were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
183 of its 377 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
59 of its 148 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
148 of its 578 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (51 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Spain (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Fiji (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Guatemala (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 36,002 stories about harm among 187,911 counted on 5 Jun.
In the Dominican Republic, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 187,911 stories, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Guatemala. A year earlier, on 5 June 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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