We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
703 of its 832 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Caracas accounted for 566 of Venezuela's 703 stories about harm, carried by 795 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (195 stories). Landslides were named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
340 of its 1,044 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tehran accounted for 180 of Iran's 340 stories about harm, carried by 376 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Nairobi accounted for 48 of Kenya's 72 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 27 of Nairobi's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 46 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
179 of its 764 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 123 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, heavy rain and typhoon.
Moscow accounted for 75 of Russia's 123 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
70 of its 152 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
47 of its 100 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Havana accounted for 23 of Cuba's 47 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Taiwan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 13,345 stories about harm among 72,038 counted on 26 Jun.
Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 72,038 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Taiwan's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Venezuela for the second day running. Venezuela's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 55%.
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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