We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
432 of its 493 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Mogadishu accounted for 325 of Somalia's 432 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
422 of its 554 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. 68 of Raqqa's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (155 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
105 of its 251 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Landslides were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
361 of its 834 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
850 of its 1,074 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 776 of Afghanistan's 850 stories about harm, carried by 565 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
2,034 of its 8,827 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (719 stories). Tornadoes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
145 of its 525 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 57 of Hanoi's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
271 of its 551 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 54 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Drownings were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
34 of its 71 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Haiti (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Thailand (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Japan (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (143 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 38,793 stories about harm among 183,242 counted on 31 Jul.
Greece's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 183,242 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. For the second day running, the news turned to Somalia. A year earlier, on 31 July 2016, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Somalia's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 64%.
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 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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