We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
524 of its 978 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 380 of Israel's 524 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 281 of Jerusalem's 380 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (243 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
51 of its 68 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Ulawun accounted for 40 of Papua New Guinea's 51 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
55 of its 115 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 48 of Tanzania's 55 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
129 of its 188 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Amhara accounted for 86 of Ethiopia's 129 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (82 stories).
426 of its 1,165 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
253 of its 802 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
153 of its 222 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tunis accounted for 92 of Tunisia's 153 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 54 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 242 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
590 of its 1,236 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (164 stories). Poisoning was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Haiti (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Congo (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Palestine (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (62 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 34,904 stories about harm among 170,340 counted on 28 Jun.
20 in every 100 of the day's 170,340 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 28 June 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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 much 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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