We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 23 of Iraq's 36 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 126 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 42 of Egypt's 77 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 65 of Israel's 108 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
55 of its 83 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 35 of Palestine's 55 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
119 of its 213 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
60 of its 100 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jakarta accounted for 29 of Indonesia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,670 of its 3,958 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Natural hazards were named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Spain (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in India (112 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 19,543 stories about harm among 59,264 counted on 27 Jun.
The news turned to Iraq for the second day running. 33 in every 100 of the day's 59,264 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 28 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 33 today. Iraq stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%.
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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