We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 63 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Mbabane accounted for 33 of Eswatini's 40 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 30 of Mbabane's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 54 of Kashmir's 77 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
53 of its 108 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 53 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets.
142 of its 448 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 28 of Ejura's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
201 of its 612 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Snowstorms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.
Kabul accounted for 80 of Afghanistan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
106 of its 199 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 40 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Baghdad accounted for 51 of Iraq's 99 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in North Korea (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Canada (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 20,158 stories about harm among 90,923 counted on 29 Jun.
Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Latvia's news. of the day's 90,923 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Eswatini stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. On 29 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 22 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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