We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
279 of its 319 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Hadramawt accounted for 94 of Yemen's 279 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories). Diphtheria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
108 of its 223 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kathmandu accounted for 76 of Nepal's 108 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 8 of Safotu's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Rubella was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles.
413 of its 919 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 279 of Iran's 413 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
643 of its 2,116 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Poisoning was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
72 of its 119 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Riga accounted for 69 of Latvia's 72 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (49 stories).
20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 237 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 11 of Helsinki's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 89 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
174 of its 787 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Hunger was named in 115 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (115 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bahamas (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Japan (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Jordan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 39,910 stories about harm among 211,135 counted on 12 Jul.
Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. A year earlier, on 12 July 2017, 21 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 211,135 stories, below the usual 21. Yemen's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 75%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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