We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
725 of its 1,194 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cairo accounted for 574 of Egypt's 725 stories about harm, carried by 569 outlets. 293 of Cairo's 574 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (184 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
401 of its 563 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Buenos Aires accounted for 364 of Argentina's 401 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Power cuts were named in 291 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
88 of its 119 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Punta Cana accounted for 68 of the Dominican Republic's 88 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 137 of Syria's 174 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
288 of its 337 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Khartoum accounted for 226 of Sudan's 288 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. 218 of Khartoum's 226 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
85 of its 117 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Algiers accounted for 63 of Algeria's 85 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 61 of Algiers' 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
1,048 of its 4,784 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 513 of Beijing's 607 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 135 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis.
259 of its 575 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (139 stories). Ebola was named in 141 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever.
249 of its 658 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (175 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
184 of its 275 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Kenya (141 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Angola (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Congo (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Belarus (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 31,578 stories about harm among 152,949 counted on 17 Jun.
In Egypt, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 152,949 stories, above the usual 19. On 17 June 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 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 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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