We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
44 of its 50 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Oromo accounted for 21 of Ethiopia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 14 of Oromo's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 70 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghdad accounted for 35 of Iraq's 43 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 55 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Zagreb accounted for 32 of Croatia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories).
78 of its 211 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 12 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Antananarivo accounted for 12 of Madagascar's 12 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
176 of its 496 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (97 stories). Flooding was named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and hypothermia.
27 of its 46 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
32 of its 49 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
167 of its 352 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
1,578 of its 3,465 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Japan (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bermuda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Kashmir (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Switzerland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Ireland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Jul. 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 16,228 stories about harm among 48,170 counted on 5 Jul.
For the sixth day running, the news turned to Ethiopia. Stories about people being harmed made up 34 in every 100 of the day's 48,170 stories, above the usual 32. On 6 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 34 today. In Ethiopia, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Ethiopia, on 6 of 7 days.
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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