We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 105 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kigali accounted for 58 of Rwanda's 75 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
122 of its 412 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 30 of Zurich's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.
39 of its 127 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
52 of its 63 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
291 of its 901 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 72 of Manila's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Mongkok accounted for 108 of Hong Kong's 156 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 99 of Mongkok's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 93 of Sudan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 90 of Khartoum's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
284 of its 479 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ramallah accounted for 236 of Palestine's 284 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. 142 of Ramallah's 236 stories were about protests or strikes.
335 of its 1,067 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 302 of Greece's 335 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
15 of its 27 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 7 of Dushanbe's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Korea (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Yemen (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Belgium (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (28 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Nepal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 29,603 stories about harm among 150,127 counted on 8 Jul.
In South Korea's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 150,127 stories, as usual. Rwanda's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. On 8 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 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 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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