We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
166 of its 273 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Ras Laffan accounted for 133 of Qatar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
216 of its 562 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (105 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
87 of its 239 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. la Espriella accounted for 54 of Colombia's 87 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 28 of la Espriella's 54 stories were about protests or strikes.
111 of its 302 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 59 of Russia's 111 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
148 of its 683 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Heatwave was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms, drownings and heatstroke.
Tehran accounted for 272 of Iran's 401 stories about harm, carried by 474 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 5 of Fyzabad's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of Abuja's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in France (68 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Australia (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in UK (192 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in US (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 12,156 stories about harm among 67,163 counted on 22 Jun.
In Qatar, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 7% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 67,163 stories, as usual.
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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