We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
70 of its 166 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Stutthof accounted for 46 of Poland's 70 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 80 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Hurricane was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, storms and cyclone.
67 of its 156 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 44 of Lebanon's 67 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
137 of its 180 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 233 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Harare accounted for 71 of Zimbabwe's 122 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets.
11 of its 16 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
282 of its 574 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Somalia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Greece (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in US (254 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 31,317 stories about harm among 107,902 counted on 23 Jul.
In Barbados' news, mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 24 July 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. 29 in every 100 of the day's 107,902 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 31. In Poland, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% 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 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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