We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
210 of its 493 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Seoul accounted for 170 of South Korea's 210 stories about harm, carried by 528 outlets. 94 of Seoul's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Flooding was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Srebrenica accounted for 24 of Bosnia's 25 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 144 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Hebron accounted for 63 of Palestine's 95 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
102 of its 139 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Jammu accounted for 52 of Kashmir's 102 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 34 of Iraq's 54 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 134 of Israel's 209 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Switzerland (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Nigeria (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 32,493 stories about harm among 109,490 counted on 9 Jul.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 11 March 2020. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in South Korea's news. On 10 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 30 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 109,490 stories, below the usual 32.
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 30 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 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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