We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
204 of its 329 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 81 of Mafraq's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (50 stories). Measles was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 80 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tirana accounted for 52 of Albania's 60 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 98 of Yemen's 165 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Drought was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
92 of its 108 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Lustica accounted for 80 of Montenegro's 92 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories).
551 of its 876 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Istanbul accounted for 348 of Türkiye's 551 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. 269 of Istanbul's 348 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (351 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 43 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 107 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
58 of its 239 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
11 of its 39 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 7 of Riga's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Outbreaks were named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Grenada (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nepal (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Hungary (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Sri Lanka (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 39,656 stories about harm among 185,794 counted on 18 Jul.
In Jordan's news, mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 185,794 stories, below the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Jordan. In Jordan, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. A year earlier, on 18 July 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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 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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