We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
113 of its 327 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 86 of Brazil's 113 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (95 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 109 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 13 of the Gulf of Oman's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
116 of its 302 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 157 of Iran's 244 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Geneva accounted for 35 of Switzerland's 56 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 34 of Geneva's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).
20 of its 40 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
42 of its 86 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 28 of Kashmir's 42 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.
268 of its 737 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
87 of its 265 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in US (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 6,697 stories about harm among 36,121 counted on 14 Jun.
Brazil's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 36,121 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Brazil, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Oman, on 5 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 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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