We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
432 of its 551 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Almaty accounted for 422 of Kazakhstan's 432 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
99 of its 203 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 68 of Lima's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
366 of its 508 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Yerevan accounted for 345 of Armenia's 366 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
440 of its 1,723 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 4 of Guatemala City's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 487 of Bangladesh's 668 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Building collapse was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 160 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
2,379 of its 4,126 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (695 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
297 of its 428 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 74 of Jammu's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
125 of its 348 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Dengue was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Singapore (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (219 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Libya (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Venezuela (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 58,501 stories about harm among 250,689 counted on 18 Jul.
Kazakhstan stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 250,689 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their 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 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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