We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
532 of its 644 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Cairo accounted for 316 of Egypt's 532 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. 192 of Cairo's 316 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (384 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
84 of its 99 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. San Salvador accounted for 63 of el Salvador's 84 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
354 of its 1,043 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (264 stories). Typhoon was named in 125 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 279 of Syria's 447 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Polio was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,734 of its 3,633 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hamburg accounted for 1,648 of Germany's 1,734 stories about harm, carried by 1,083 outlets. 1,427 of Hamburg's 1,648 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (1,157 stories). HIV was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
111 of its 294 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 59 of Warsaw's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Plane crash was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
128 of its 218 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 88 of Alberto Fujimori's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
76 of its 114 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Vecses accounted for 74 of Hungary's 76 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
144 of its 339 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
289 of its 790 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (210 stories). Building collapse was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (49 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Canada (152 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Colombia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 28,032 stories about harm among 116,917 counted on 8 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 116,917 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Japan's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Egypt. In Egypt, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual.
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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