We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
222 of its 415 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jerusalem accounted for 136 of Israel's 222 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. 83 of Jerusalem's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 60 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tromso accounted for 21 of Norway's 39 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
107 of its 141 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 52 of Afghanistan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%.
113 of its 166 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 59 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
89 of its 147 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. da Nang accounted for 51 of Vietnam's 89 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories).
121 of its 315 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 50 of Berlin's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).
100 of its 216 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 136 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Netherlands (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in US (704 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in South Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Russia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Aug. 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 14,936 stories about harm among 46,841 counted on 2 Aug.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. 32 in every 100 of the day's 46,841 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 30. In Norway's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 3 August 2019, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today. Israel's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. This week the news turned most often to Libya, on 3 of 7 days.
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 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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