We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 97 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Tunis accounted for 53 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
121 of its 231 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Manama accounted for 111 of Bahrain's 121 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 103 of Manama's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
74 of its 82 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Comalapa accounted for 56 of Guatemala's 74 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
100 of its 105 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Power cuts were named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Managua accounted for 121 of Nicaragua's 130 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 109 of Managua's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
38 of its 45 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,281 of its 2,610 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
169 of its 214 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Yangon accounted for 154 of Myanmar's 169 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories).
650 of its 1,427 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (376 stories). Train derailment was named in 366 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
179 of its 379 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 95 of Port-au-Prince's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories).
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Türkiye (366 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (86 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Thailand (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in North Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 36,959 stories about harm among 185,102 counted on 9 Jul.
Tunisia's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 185,102 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Tunisia. In Dominica's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 6 times their usual.
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 about as 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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