We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
143 of its 192 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 139 of Senegal's 143 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
136 of its 274 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Ljubljana accounted for 132 of Slovenia's 136 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Avalanche was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
88 of its 98 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Bujumbura accounted for 73 of Burundi's 88 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 52 of Bujumbura's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,193 of its 1,648 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (690 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
707 of its 1,046 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (628 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
143 of its 238 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beirut accounted for 118 of Lebanon's 143 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories).
364 of its 2,477 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
225 of its 510 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Heatwave was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Northern Mariana Islands (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Botswana (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Taiwan (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); norovirus in Mexico (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 56,931 stories about harm among 264,957 counted on 29 Jul.
In Senegal, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 264,957 stories, below the usual 23. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. In Slovenia's news, mentions of the avalanche 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 much 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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