We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 139 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 46 of Kashmir's 92 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
125 of its 391 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 44 of Ejura's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 76 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
55 of its 113 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 55 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
39 of its 48 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 39 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
691 of its 2,063 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Wildfires were named in 176 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 74 of Israel's 145 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 162 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories).
14 of its 19 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (176 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Haiti (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Iraq (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (43 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 18,890 stories about harm among 83,288 counted on 2 Jul.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US. of the day's 83,288 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 2 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 30 in every 100, against 23 today. Kashmir's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%.
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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