We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,952 of its 2,232 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jeddah accounted for 1,560 of Saudi Arabia's 1,952 stories about harm, carried by 1,086 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (1,494 stories). Outbreaks were named in 117 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
770 of its 1,618 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 172 of Lahore's 200 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Heavy rain was named in 110 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
412 of its 661 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Entebbe accounted for 375 of Uganda's 412 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
114 of its 121 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Bissau accounted for 114 of Guinea-Bissau's 114 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
377 of its 745 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 235 of Harare's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 70 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 19 of the Panama Canal's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (19 stories). Earthquake was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera and malaria.
2,035 of its 2,309 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Baghdad accounted for 1,716 of Iraq's 2,035 stories about harm, carried by 1,280 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,371 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
326 of its 816 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 143 of Nairobi's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
226 of its 263 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (172 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 35 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 30 of Nouakchott's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories).
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (135 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Panama (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Congo (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Indonesia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Jul. 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 42,893 stories about harm among 196,367 counted on 4 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 196,367 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Uganda. Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Nepal's news. In Saudi Arabia, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is 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 much harsher 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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