We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
65 of its 126 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Minsk accounted for 54 of Belarus' 65 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 34 of Minsk's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Outbreaks were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
198 of its 370 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Earthquake was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
47 of its 130 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
39 of its 60 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 6 of Bamako's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
320 of its 821 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Moscow accounted for 208 of Russia's 320 stories about harm, carried by 350 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories).
98 of its 132 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 98 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Beijing accounted for 807 of China's 1,364 stories about harm, carried by 1,044 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Islamabad accounted for 229 of Pakistan's 441 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Zimbabwe (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in Pakistan (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in India (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in China (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 31,451 stories about harm among 96,594 counted on 15 Jun.
Stories about people being harmed made up 33 in every 100 of the day's 96,594 stories, below the usual 34. A year earlier, on 16 June 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 33 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 about as 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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