We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
402 of its 761 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Athens accounted for 361 of Greece's 402 stories about harm, carried by 420 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (267 stories). Building collapse was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
152 of its 268 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Buenos Aires accounted for 141 of Argentina's 152 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
73 of its 249 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 22 of Taipei's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories).
49 of its 110 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.
69 of its 96 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Tallinn accounted for 66 of Estonia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
923 of its 2,145 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (417 stories). Poisoning was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tarawa accounted for 26 of Kiribati's 26 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
354 of its 442 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 288 of Afghanistan's 354 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (274 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 176 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Srebrenica accounted for 77 of Bosnia's 78 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 97 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Mexico (152 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in New Zealand (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Austria (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Dominican Republic (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Marshall Islands (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 33,412 stories about harm among 160,400 counted on 19 Jul.
Greece's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 160,400 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned drownings about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 19 July 2018, 17 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 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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