The news turned to rights and justice in Maroua, violence in Paris and drownings in Hungary. el Salvador's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.
106 of its 136 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Maroua accounted for 76 of Cameroon's 106 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Hunger was named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14,232 of its 18,345 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Paris accounted for 7,294 of France's 14,232 stories about harm, carried by 2,708 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5,456 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
76 of its 175 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Drownings were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
65 of its 75 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 35 of el Mozote's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
254 of its 278 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
117 of its 345 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 149 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
133 of its 224 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 104 of Venezuela's 133 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Landslides were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
184 of its 216 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories).
59 of its 128 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
landslides in Venezuela (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Taiwan (57 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); train derailment in Denmark (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 66,816 stories about harm among 268,240 counted on 15 Jul.
Read the day's briefing
The news turned to Cameroon for the second day running. Cameroon's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. of the day's 268,240 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.
25 in every 100 of the day's 268,240 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 22).
Cameroon: 106 of its 136 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%.
France: 14,232 of its 18,345 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%.
Hungary: 76 of its 175 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%.
El Salvador: 65 of its 75 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%.
Mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual in Cameroon's news.
Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Venezuela's news.
Across the world, the words of the day's news were harsher than usual.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Cameroon.
Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.