We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 106 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Minsk accounted for 49 of Belarus' 68 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
162 of its 244 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Dhaka accounted for 59 of Bangladesh's 162 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Storm surge was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.
42 of Harare's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
85 of its 149 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
46 of its 76 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). 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.
137 of its 288 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. da Nang accounted for 73 of Vietnam's 137 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 82 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
21 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 89 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Flooding was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
73 of its 150 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
27 of its 73 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Vietnam (82 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Puerto Rico (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Poland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 30,763 stories about harm among 109,033 counted on 30 Jul.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 10 March 2020. 28 in every 100 of the day's 109,033 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 30. For the second day running, the news turned to Belarus. On 31 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 28 today. Belarus' news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.
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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