We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
202 of its 351 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (76 stories). Wildfires were named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
422 of its 556 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Yerevan accounted for 402 of Armenia's 422 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. 235 of Yerevan's 402 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (318 stories).
472 of its 502 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 436 of Somalia's 472 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. Cholera was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
2,230 of its 7,403 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Building collapse was named in 154 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment.
17 of its 24 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 15 of Balole's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Measles was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
455 of its 550 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabul accounted for 242 of Afghanistan's 455 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Power cuts were named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
827 of its 2,171 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (233 stories). Tropical storm was named in 308 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, landslides and power cuts.
73 of its 217 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 40 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. 23 of Bujumbura's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
67 of its 81 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. 31 of Bamako's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Brazil (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (308 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Burkina Faso (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (56 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in New Zealand (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 34,054 stories about harm among 140,491 counted on 31 Jul.
Mentions of the chikungunya ran more than ten times their usual in Brazil's news. of the day's 140,491 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and Yemen. Greece's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a 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 about as 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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