We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
743 of its 1,846 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Beijing accounted for 603 of China's 743 stories about harm, carried by 472 outlets. 576 of Beijing's 603 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (274 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
469 of its 616 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Buenos Aires accounted for 402 of Argentina's 469 stories about harm, carried by 582 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Power cuts were named in 313 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
48 of its 62 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Budapest accounted for 46 of Hungary's 48 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Ebola was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 67 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mogadishu accounted for 46 of Somalia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). 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.
95 of its 129 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tripoli accounted for 91 of Libya's 95 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
267 of its 520 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
100 of its 235 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Drownings were named in 82 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
420 of its 615 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 81 of the New Territories' 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Drownings were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Switzerland (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in New Zealand (144 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Italy (64 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Tunisia (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Peru (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 17,925 stories about harm among 85,008 counted on 16 Jun.
Mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual in Argentina's news. For the second day running, the news turned to China. China stood out: 40% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 85,008 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. This week the news turned most often to Uganda, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 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 much 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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