We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,322 of its 3,615 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Paris accounted for 1,413 of France's 2,322 stories about harm, carried by 978 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,098 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
447 of its 578 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yerevan accounted for 384 of Armenia's 447 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
459 of its 995 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 118 of Johannesburg's 189 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (213 stories). HIV was named in 305 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tuberculosis.
348 of its 1,067 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Tsunami was named in 213 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought.
111 of its 132 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
69 of its 226 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
229 of its 545 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
202 of its 280 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 69 of Manama's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
228 of its 421 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. San Antonio del Tachira accounted for 201 of Venezuela's 228 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. 125 of San Antonio del Tachira's 201 stories were about protests or strikes.
461 of its 561 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 288 of Syria's 461 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Singapore (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Philippines (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Australia (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in UK (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 37,754 stories about harm among 140,319 counted on 17 Jul.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed in all 199 days held. the news turned to France for the third day running. 27 in every 100 of the day's 140,319 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Türkiye. This week the news turned most often to France, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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