We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
575 of its 1,311 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dubai accounted for 562 of the United Arab Emirates' 575 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (158 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
923 of its 987 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Belize City accounted for 855 of Belize's 923 stories about harm, carried by 617 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (519 stories). Power cuts were named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
125 of its 178 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Luanda accounted for 120 of Angola's 125 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Malaria was named in 113 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with chikungunya.
229 of its 481 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Hepatitis was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 206 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
4,305 of its 17,567 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (2,202 stories). Chickenpox was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
328 of its 455 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Sirte accounted for 256 of Libya's 328 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 449 of Bangladesh's 538 stories about harm, carried by 534 outlets. 245 of Dhaka's 449 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
163 of its 224 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories). Malaria was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever.
753 of its 1,115 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 421 of Iran's 753 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (131 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (117 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Congo (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Puerto Rico (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 58,705 stories about harm among 277,100 counted on 4 Aug.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 277,100 stories, below the usual 23. Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Angola's news. For the second day running, the news turned to the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%.
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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