We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
89 of its 91 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Srebrenica accounted for 87 of Bosnia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
80 of its 94 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Drownings were named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
174 of its 298 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kampala accounted for 140 of Uganda's 174 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 117 of Kampala's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (132 stories).
83 of its 268 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
455 of its 570 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 229 of Afghanistan's 455 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
725 of its 1,688 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (335 stories). Dengue was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 232 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
64 of its 180 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
99 of its 313 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
770 of its 2,123 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (502 stories). Poisoning was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatstroke.
Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in North Korea (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Venezuela (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in South Africa (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Samoa (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Sudan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 40,734 stories about harm among 209,967 counted on 11 Jul.
Bosnia stood out: 98% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Guinea's news. A year earlier, on 11 July 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 209,967 stories, below the usual 21.
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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