We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
136 of its 357 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hanoi accounted for 103 of Vietnam's 136 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
105 of its 125 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tripoli accounted for 80 of Libya's 105 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
369 of its 596 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (122 stories). Drought was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Guatemala City accounted for 41 of Guatemala's 52 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 36 of Guatemala City's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
95 of its 132 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Sanaa accounted for 65 of Yemen's 95 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 143 of Sudan's 224 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 135 of Khartoum's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 162 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 40 of Lilongwe's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (10 stories).
83 of its 180 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 29 of Beirut's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories).
711 of its 2,357 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (451 stories). Extreme cold was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
80 of its 143 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in South Korea (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Greenland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Pakistan (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 37,666 stories about harm among 181,280 counted on 20 Jun.
In Guatemala's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 181,280 stories, above the usual 20. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. In Vietnam, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 20 June 2018, 21 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 softer 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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