We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
121 of its 176 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tripoli accounted for 98 of Libya's 121 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
111 of its 176 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 87 of Venezuela's 111 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 99 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 5 of Manama's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
107 of its 202 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 328 of Sudan's 376 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. 325 of Khartoum's 328 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (279 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 203 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Earthquake was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
392 of its 982 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Hypothermia was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane and tropical storm.
358 of its 740 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jenin accounted for 244 of Palestine's 358 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (139 stories).
284 of its 928 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
331 of its 414 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Damascus accounted for 220 of Syria's 331 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Poland (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Mexico (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in France (47 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 30,309 stories about harm among 154,062 counted on 1 Jul.
Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Poland's news. of the day's 154,062 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 1 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today. Libya's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 62%. Over June, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in June 2018.
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 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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