We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
201 of its 297 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Minsk accounted for 152 of Belarus' 201 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. 143 of Minsk's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 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.
45 of its 110 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dubai accounted for 37 of the United Arab Emirates' 45 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
56 of its 118 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
145 of its 406 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 90 of France's 145 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
142 of its 471 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Outbreaks were named in 90 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 67 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
11 of its 16 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 3 of Vilnius' 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
208 of its 490 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Moscow accounted for 120 of Russia's 208 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 5 of Casbah's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in New Zealand (90 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flu in China (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 16,866 stories about harm among 57,775 counted on 15 Aug.
It was the sixth day running that the news turned to Belarus. of the day's 57,775 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 16 August 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. Belarus' news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%.
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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