We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
45 of its 57 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Bamako accounted for 40 of Mali's 45 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. 36 of Bamako's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
148 of its 235 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 99 of Iran's 148 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
67 of its 139 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Warsaw accounted for 62 of Poland's 67 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
29 of its 45 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
181 of its 353 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tel Aviv accounted for 109 of Israel's 181 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. 61 of Tel Aviv's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories).
41 of its 45 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Srebrenica accounted for 39 of Bosnia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 44 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 17 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
44 of its 54 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Yemen (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Croatia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hungary (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in China (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 16,175 stories about harm among 49,243 counted on 12 Jul.
The news turned to Mali for the second day running. 33 in every 100 of the day's 49,243 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 32. A year earlier, on 13 July 2019, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 33 today. Mali stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 59%. This week the news turned most often to Palestine, on 3 of 7 days.
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 33 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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