We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
105 of its 130 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Oromo accounted for 48 of Ethiopia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 38 of Oromo's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
142 of its 186 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sopore accounted for 78 of Kashmir's 142 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
167 of its 316 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 120 of Iran's 167 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 82 of Bangladesh's 156 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
264 of its 438 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Causeway Bay accounted for 134 of Hong Kong's 264 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. 111 of Causeway Bay's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
38 of its 56 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 16 of Khartoum's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
57 of its 123 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Prague accounted for 45 of the Czechia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories).
19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 39 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
41 of its 115 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in South Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in India (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 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 33,664 stories about harm among 112,019 counted on 1 Jul.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 March 2020. In South Korea's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Ethiopia for the second day running. 30 in every 100 of the day's 112,019 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 33. Over June, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in June 2019.
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 much 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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