We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
96 of its 189 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dubai accounted for 95 of the United Arab Emirates' 96 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (37 stories). Road crashes were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
250 of its 276 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 235 of Sudan's 250 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. 229 of Khartoum's 235 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
105 of its 223 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Budapest accounted for 100 of Hungary's 105 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Flooding was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
76 of its 238 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 35 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Managua accounted for 29 of Nicaragua's 32 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 27 of Managua's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
386 of its 880 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (105 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
385 of its 723 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 106 of Jerusalem's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories).
91 of its 195 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 40 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Fiji (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in India (166 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Syria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Venezuela (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,106 stories about harm among 104,665 counted on 8 Jun.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Mexico and Venezuela. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 104,665 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In the United Arab Emirates, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. the news turned to the United Arab Emirates for the second day running.
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 harsher than 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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