We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 68 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Daboua accounted for 49 of Chad's 53 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
530 of its 627 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 475 of Afghanistan's 530 stories about harm, carried by 471 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of Juba's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
84 of its 112 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 74 of Lebanon's 84 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (73 stories).
655 of its 1,217 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Ebola was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
97 of its 172 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Tropical storm was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon and heatwave.
352 of its 732 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (219 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 34 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
136 of its 185 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Baghdad accounted for 103 of Iraq's 136 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories).
830 of its 1,352 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 326 of Jerusalem's 571 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Vietnam (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Netherlands (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Sweden (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Japan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (100 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 21,210 stories about harm among 101,802 counted on 22 Jul.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 5 times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 101,802 stories, as usual. Abductions were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Chad. In Chad, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Vietnam's news mentioned tropical storm more than ten times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 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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