We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,928 of its 2,583 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,811 of Israel's 1,928 stories about harm, carried by 727 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,347 stories). Outbreaks were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
365 of its 543 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 101 of Istanbul's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
358 of its 553 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
79 of its 112 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
339 of its 680 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Mexico City accounted for 261 of Mexico's 339 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
284 of its 405 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Cairo accounted for 188 of Egypt's 284 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
139 of its 261 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jakarta accounted for 94 of Indonesia's 139 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 78 of Jakarta's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
727 of its 871 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
53 of its 58 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
232 of its 633 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories). Hurricane was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Albania (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (30 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Libya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 28,241 stories about harm among 118,806 counted on 22 Jul.
The news turned to Israel for the second day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 118,806 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In Israel, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. On 22 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 24 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 harsher 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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