We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 61 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tbilisi accounted for 37 of Georgia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 36 of Tbilisi's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
373 of its 667 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Philippine accounted for 177 of the Philippines' 373 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Plane crash was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone.
55 of its 69 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Arakapas accounted for 32 of Cyprus' 55 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (119 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
120 of its 251 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bangkok accounted for 91 of Thailand's 120 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
75 of its 102 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Building collapse was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storm surge and tornadoes.
37 of its 99 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
137 of its 461 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Illness was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
82 of its 156 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 44 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 6 of Caracas' 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (61 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Azerbaijan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (50 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (88 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Cuba (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 15,435 stories about harm among 63,058 counted on 5 Jul.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 63,058 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Azerbaijan's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. On 5 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 34 in every 100, against 24 today. In Georgia, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual.
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 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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