We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Mbabane accounted for 21 of Eswatini's 25 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 21 of Mbabane's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 110 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Pyongyang accounted for 52 of North Korea's 83 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
98 of its 170 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 52 of Iraq's 98 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%.
162 of its 455 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 64 of Ejura's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 92 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ramallah accounted for 41 of Palestine's 65 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 26 of Ramallah's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 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. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
110 of its 369 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Wildfires were named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, drought and heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
90 of its 197 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in China (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatstroke in US (87 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 21,302 stories about harm among 95,542 counted on 30 Jun.
For the second day running, the news turned to Eswatini. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 95,542 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 5 times their usual in North Korea's news. In Eswatini, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. On 30 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 30 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 softer 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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