We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
837 of its 1,015 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Cairo accounted for 438 of Egypt's 837 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. 261 of Cairo's 438 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (579 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 83 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Dakar accounted for 48 of Senegal's 51 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Drownings were named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
51 of its 61 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Camayenne accounted for 48 of Guinea's 51 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Ebola was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with malaria and tuberculosis.
281 of its 1,102 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (193 stories). Building collapse was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
2,198 of its 4,757 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hamburg accounted for 1,995 of Germany's 2,198 stories about harm, carried by 1,184 outlets. 1,777 of Hamburg's 1,995 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (1,077 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 45 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 20 of Agua Zarca's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 121 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
131 of its 210 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 50 of Kigali's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
459 of its 807 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 112 of Istanbul's 211 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (151 stories).
62 of its 93 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Central African Republic (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (155 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Spain (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (181 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 40,534 stories about harm among 180,950 counted on 7 Jul.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 180,950 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Egypt, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Guinea's news mentioned Ebola about 6 times as often as usual. On 7 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.
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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