We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
204 of its 264 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Amhara accounted for 101 of Ethiopia's 204 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
136 of its 211 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Caracas accounted for 112 of Venezuela's 136 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 94 of Caracas' 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (95 stories).
146 of its 193 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Preah accounted for 109 of Cambodia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 136 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 65 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tuzla accounted for 55 of Bosnia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 39 of Tuzla's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).
105 of its 150 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tbilisi accounted for 99 of Georgia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 98 of Tbilisi's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
482 of its 579 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 152 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 246 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 47 of Yerevan's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (55 stories).
42 of its 80 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 12 of Port-au-Prince's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Malaysia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Lithuania (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Nepal (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Greece (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Brazil (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 36,039 stories about harm among 176,205 counted on 25 Jun.
20 in every 100 of the day's 176,205 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 June 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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