We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,112 of its 1,502 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Beirut accounted for 1,092 of Lebanon's 1,112 stories about harm, carried by 1,160 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (191 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
30 of its 41 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Blue Bay accounted for 20 of Mauritius' 30 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 46 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Phnom Penh accounted for 19 of Cambodia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 11 of Phnom Penh's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
196 of its 579 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 50 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
168 of its 310 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 38 of Harare's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
72 of its 156 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Minsk accounted for 51 of Belarus' 72 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 28 of Minsk's 51 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (256 stories). Heavy rain was named in 278 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, plane crash and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 71 of Afghanistan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
63 of its 139 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in North Korea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (278 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Ukraine (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in Italy (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Russia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 29,075 stories about harm among 101,971 counted on 7 Aug.
In North Korea's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. On 8 August 2019, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 29 today. Lebanon's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 63%. of the day's 101,971 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the 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 about as 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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