We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
441 of its 926 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (354 stories). Heatwave was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and tornadoes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 201 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Srebrenica accounted for 103 of Bosnia's 104 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about 8 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
75 of its 87 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Skopje accounted for 72 of North Macedonia's 75 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Tuberculosis was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
653 of its 1,298 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (345 stories). Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
217 of its 492 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 143 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
40 of its 143 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
784 of its 1,538 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 489 of Israel's 784 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories).
49 of its 117 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 9 of Lilongwe's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
45 of its 83 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Ireland (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (2080 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malaysia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Ghana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 36,402 stories about harm among 174,840 counted on 11 Jul.
In North Macedonia's news, mentions of tuberculosis ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 174,840 stories, as usual. Greece's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. A year earlier, on 11 July 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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 21 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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