We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
130 of its 261 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Rabat accounted for 98 of Morocco's 130 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. 91 of Rabat's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
206 of its 275 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Drownings were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
121 of its 146 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Taang accounted for 73 of Myanmar's 121 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
210 of its 233 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bujumbura accounted for 165 of Burundi's 210 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (163 stories).
613 of its 1,083 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 209 of Ankara's 278 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
232 of its 418 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 107 of Kiev's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
191 of its 574 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 67 of Hwange National Park's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,275 of its 2,397 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,083 of Israel's 1,275 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Road crashes were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
81 of its 208 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Wildfires were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave.
Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Sri Lanka (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Kashmir (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Croatia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Mexico (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Vietnam (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 40,951 stories about harm among 193,795 counted on 20 Jul.
21 in every 100 of the day's 193,795 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 20 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, 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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