We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 160 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Atyrau accounted for 49 of Kazakhstan's 116 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 49 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Srebrenica accounted for 38 of Bosnia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Seoul accounted for 120 of South Korea's 157 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. 70 of Seoul's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 76 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Oromo accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Illness was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
116 of its 208 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 40 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Hebron accounted for 90 of Palestine's 131 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Road crashes were named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Hurricane was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Nepal (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ethiopia (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Brazil (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in US (474 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 30,033 stories about harm among 101,351 counted on 10 Jul.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 March 2020. of the day's 101,351 news stories, 30 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 32. Nepal's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. On 11 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 30 today. In Kazakhstan, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual.
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 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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