We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 129 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Algiers accounted for 85 of Algeria's 92 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
365 of its 761 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Athens accounted for 313 of Greece's 365 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Storms were named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
119 of its 189 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Brital accounted for 76 of Lebanon's 119 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories).
25 of its 32 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,595 of its 6,382 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,305 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
252 of its 325 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Erbil accounted for 131 of Iraq's 252 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
130 of its 346 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
52 of its 88 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Ebola was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with meningitis.
213 of its 501 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings.
36 of its 73 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: rabies in China (335 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Liberia (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Vietnam (79 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Sweden (50 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatstroke in Japan (127 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 37,683 stories about harm among 187,192 counted on 23 Jul.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 187,192 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Algeria stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. A year earlier, on 23 July 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.
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 much 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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