We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 65 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Curuguaty accounted for 54 of Paraguay's 55 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 53 of Curuguaty's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
49 of its 64 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 49 of Senegal's 49 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Ebola was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
141 of its 156 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tripoli accounted for 83 of Libya's 141 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories).
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
336 of its 349 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Dushanbe accounted for 288 of Tajikistan's 336 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
94 of its 113 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Niamey accounted for 77 of Niger's 94 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Ebola was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
93 of its 224 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 3%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
131 of its 138 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Sibut accounted for 114 of the Central African Republic's 131 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories).
79 of its 128 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times 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 twice its own usual.
122 of its 228 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Niger (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in France (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Germany (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Myanmar (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Kyrgyzstan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 39,541 stories about harm among 206,967 counted on 31 Jul.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 206,967 stories, as usual. Paraguay's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 31 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.
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 softer 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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