We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
146 of its 166 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Nampala accounted for 71 of Mali's 146 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
87 of its 146 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 23 of Yangon's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 82 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Skopje accounted for 51 of North Macedonia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories).
271 of its 969 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Wildfires were named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dengue.
277 of its 567 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Brussels accounted for 252 of Belgium's 277 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
286 of its 475 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Yerevan accounted for 273 of Armenia's 286 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. 183 of Yerevan's 273 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (163 stories).
Juba accounted for 297 of South Sudan's 327 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Cholera was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
56 of its 146 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
923 of its 2,304 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
797 of its 2,323 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (466 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Türkiye (274 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); gas explosion in Ghana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Sudan (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Australia (189 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 62,911 stories about harm among 291,166 counted on 20 Jul.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the DR Congo. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 291,166 stories, as usual. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in the United Arab Emirates' news. For the second day running, the news turned to Mali. Mali stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 60%.
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 softer 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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