We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
441 of its 824 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (215 stories). Hypothermia was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
104 of its 116 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Lustica accounted for 102 of Montenegro's 104 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Heatwave was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
153 of its 192 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Taang accounted for 108 of Myanmar's 153 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (112 stories). Accidents were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
65 of Bethlehem's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
205 of its 233 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Sanaa accounted for 116 of Yemen's 205 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
164 of its 341 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 32 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
144 of its 364 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
117 of Maiduguri's 180 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (118 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Balaka accounted for 87 of the Central African Republic's 121 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Guatemala (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Kenya (57 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Mongolia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Grenada (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 42,303 stories about harm among 202,110 counted on 19 Jul.
Montenegro's news mentioned the heatwave about 8 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 202,110 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Thailand, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 19 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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