We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
508 of its 686 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Brussels accounted for 447 of Belgium's 508 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (380 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
479 of its 699 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Yerevan accounted for 449 of Armenia's 479 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. 362 of Yerevan's 449 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (260 stories).
116 of its 125 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories). Drought was named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.
24 of its 46 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
177 of its 240 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (149 stories). Avalanche was named in 172 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
267 of its 300 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Sanaa accounted for 155 of Yemen's 267 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
645 of its 1,618 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (286 stories). Landslides were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm, earthquake and oil spill. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
210 of its 235 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Bujumbura accounted for 158 of Burundi's 210 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 132 of Bujumbura's 158 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
134 of its 151 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kidal accounted for 120 of Mali's 134 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
176 of its 317 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Slovenia (172 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Northern Mariana Islands (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Gambia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (141 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 37,608 stories about harm among 151,193 counted on 30 Jul.
Belgium stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 25 in every 100 of the day's 151,193 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23.
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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