We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,355 of its 1,527 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 979 of Afghanistan's 1,355 stories about harm, carried by 547 outlets. 747 of Kabul's 979 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,015 stories). Storms were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,869 of its 2,879 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Munich accounted for 1,557 of Germany's 1,869 stories about harm, carried by 1,053 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
93 of its 198 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
209 of its 731 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). House fires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
227 of its 303 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Phnom Penh accounted for 157 of Cambodia's 227 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 153 of Phnom Penh's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (216 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
102 of its 117 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Shkodra accounted for 91 of Albania's 102 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 89 of Shkodra's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).
643 of its 746 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Baghdad accounted for 555 of Iraq's 643 stories about harm, carried by 628 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (462 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
843 of its 1,540 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 199 of Burhan's 314 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (303 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
229 of its 440 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
176 of its 295 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (175 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Rwanda (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (726 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Egypt (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 33,440 stories about harm among 138,401 counted on 24 Jul.
Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and China. 24 in every 100 of the day's 138,401 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. Mentions of landslides ran about 4 times their usual in China's news. This week the news turned most often to Peru, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 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 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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