We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
97 of its 102 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Larnaca accounted for 85 of Cyprus' 97 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Wildfires were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave and drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
329 of its 537 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Philippine accounted for 165 of the Philippines' 329 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Plane crash was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 63 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Ramallah accounted for 29 of Palestine's 42 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 22 of Ramallah's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
67 of its 120 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
76 of its 92 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Hurricane was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with building collapse and storm surge.
143 of its 498 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Tsunami was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with volcanic eruption, plague and power cuts.
29 of its 43 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 93 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 10 of Rio de Janeiro's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
30 of its 55 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
311 of its 882 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (42 stories). Wildfires were named in 99 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Cuba (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Italy (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (99 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in UK (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 9,792 stories about harm among 38,491 counted on 4 Jul.
Cyprus stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 25 in every 100 of the day's 38,491 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Canada and Japan. Cuba's news mentioned the hurricane about 5 times as often as usual. On 4 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 25 today. This week the news turned most often to Kashmir, on 3 of 7 days.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 25 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 much 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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