We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
508 of its 642 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 147 of Anantnag's 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
588 of its 1,075 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Warsaw accounted for 576 of Poland's 588 stories about harm, carried by 337 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
186 of its 263 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Heavy rain was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cyclone and power cuts.
304 of its 588 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
116 of its 136 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Srebrenica accounted for 99 of Bosnia's 116 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
174 of its 454 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Dengue was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
632 of its 2,759 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 183 of Beijing's 315 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories). Typhoon was named in 232 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, heavy rain and landslides.
65 of its 85 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
423 of its 1,112 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (300 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
498 of its 560 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Juba accounted for 479 of South Sudan's 498 stories about harm, carried by 505 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (221 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (232 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Kyrgyzstan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Thailand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Germany (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 41,549 stories about harm among 156,532 counted on 9 Jul.
Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 156,532 stories, above the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In China's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Spain.
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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