We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
596 of its 1,318 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Hiroshima accounted for 380 of Japan's 596 stories about harm, carried by 929 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (290 stories). Poisoning was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
134 of its 246 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Harare accounted for 60 of Zimbabwe's 134 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 42 of Harare's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 102 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Tropical storm was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,566 of its 2,075 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Beirut accounted for 1,538 of Lebanon's 1,566 stories about harm, carried by 1,534 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (482 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 155 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 23 of Warsaw's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
30 of its 55 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
35 of its 66 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
89 of its 148 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in South Korea (36 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Greece (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 31,867 stories about harm among 108,848 counted on 6 Aug.
Mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual in Myanmar's news. of the day's 108,848 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 7 August 2019, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 29 today. Japan's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.
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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