We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
672 of its 996 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 594 of Iran's 672 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. 318 of Tehran's 594 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (355 stories). Cholera was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, earthquake and poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
162 of its 263 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Lisbon accounted for 113 of Portugal's 162 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
526 of its 951 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Gaza accounted for 392 of Palestine's 526 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (332 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 111 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
449 of its 866 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Harare accounted for 390 of Zimbabwe's 449 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. 295 of Harare's 390 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (231 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
286 of its 489 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 236 of Bangladesh's 286 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. 215 of Dhaka's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 83 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Hrazdan accounted for 53 of Armenia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain and heatstroke.
71 of its 221 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 38 of Seoul's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
282 of its 684 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (231 stories). Drought was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
143 of its 501 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Hypothermia was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with snowstorms.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Armenia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in South Korea (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Thailand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Aug. 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 23,374 stories about harm among 115,282 counted on 4 Aug.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 115,282 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iran, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. On 4 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 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 20 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 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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