We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
471 of its 540 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Belize City accounted for 389 of Belize's 471 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Storm surge was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
1,527 of its 2,368 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Dubai accounted for 1,505 of the United Arab Emirates' 1,527 stories about harm, carried by 1,236 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (176 stories). Plane crash was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
262 of its 589 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 149 of Harare's 183 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 126 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Cyclone was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
175 of its 188 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Roatan accounted for 158 of Honduras' 175 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories).
145 of its 159 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Bujumbura accounted for 127 of Burundi's 145 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
651 of its 1,233 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (109 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
163 of its 340 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 52 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 3 of Dushanbe's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories).
744 of its 2,247 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dengue was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with volcanic eruption, avalanche and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (181 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Tanzania (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); meningitis in Austria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (255 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Australia (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Aug. 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 58,581 stories about harm among 282,237 counted on 3 Aug.
Belize's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. For the second day running, the news turned to Belize. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 282,237 stories, below 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 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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