We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 309 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Praia da Luz accounted for 113 of Portugal's 147 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
28 of its 43 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Pyongyang accounted for 23 of North Korea's 28 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. 15 of Pyongyang's 23 stories were about protests or strikes.
223 of its 419 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Tropical storm was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hurricane, flooding and storms.
Kabul accounted for 43 of Afghanistan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,387 of Washington's 2,160 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Oil spill was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Manila accounted for 188 of the Philippines' 461 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
112 of its 202 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
177 of its 331 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tehran accounted for 95 of Iran's 177 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Russia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Pakistan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 38,200 stories about harm among 110,049 counted on 4 Jun.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 110,049 news stories, 35 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned tropical storm about 4 times as often as usual. On 5 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 35 today. In Portugal, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 35 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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