We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
420 of its 439 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Polio was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
115 of its 161 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 94 of Myanmar's 115 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
93 of its 207 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 12 of Beirut's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
796 of its 1,717 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
90 of its 129 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kivu accounted for 53 of Rwanda's 90 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
250 of its 324 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 17 of Hawassa's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Oil spill was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
128 of its 422 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 10 of San Salvador's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
51 of its 202 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Typhoon was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and landslides.
128 of its 259 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Germany (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in United Arab Emirates (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Taiwan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Marshall Islands (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 38,805 stories about harm among 178,015 counted on 17 Jul.
In Germany's news, mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 178,015 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 17 July 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Congo stood out: 96% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 67%.
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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