We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
262 of its 511 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 166 of Israel's 262 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 83 of Jerusalem's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
142 of its 252 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Lutsk accounted for 66 of Ukraine's 142 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
28 of its 36 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. la Paz accounted for 24 of Bolivia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 42 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
43 of its 50 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Natural hazards were named in 11 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.
26 of its 54 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tunis accounted for 22 of Tunisia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
25 of its 82 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 65 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
25 of its 69 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Malta (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Yemen (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Sudan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 32,516 stories about harm among 109,846 counted on 22 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 109,846 news stories, 30 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 31. Ethiopia's news mentioned the drought about three times as often as usual. On 23 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 30 today. In Israel, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual.
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 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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