We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
175 of its 404 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Paris accounted for 123 of France's 175 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. 71 of Paris' 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
126 of its 318 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
90 of its 134 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Jammu accounted for 44 of Kashmir's 90 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
47 of its 80 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 93 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 11 of Causeway Bay's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 39 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 35 of Beirut's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 108 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Diphtheria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rabies and whooping cough. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
132 of its 220 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 36 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Malaysia (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Japan (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); diphtheria in China (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,579 stories about harm among 59,001 counted on 13 Jun.
35 in every 100 of the day's 59,001 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 June 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 35 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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