We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
237 of its 314 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Taipei accounted for 150 of Taiwan's 237 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Landslides were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
619 of its 1,114 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Barcelona accounted for 483 of Spain's 619 stories about harm, carried by 624 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (345 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
472 of its 522 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Mogadishu accounted for 408 of Somalia's 472 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (333 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,069 of its 1,405 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Caracas accounted for 908 of Venezuela's 1,069 stories about harm, carried by 646 outlets. 756 of Caracas' 908 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
1,765 of its 5,074 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Accidents were named in 357 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
162 of its 231 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Arsal accounted for 144 of Lebanon's 162 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
326 of its 407 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Plague was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
158 of its 201 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 89 of Tetouan's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories).
784 of its 1,284 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (640 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
117 of its 201 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (97 stories). Earthquake was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Uganda (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (137 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (210 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Australia (357 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Haiti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 26,082 stories about harm among 106,769 counted on 30 Jul.
In Taiwan, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Uganda's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US. of the day's 106,769 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days.
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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