We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
28 of its 46 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tbilisi accounted for 26 of Georgia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 25 of Tbilisi's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
95 of its 191 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 71 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tunis accounted for 30 of Tunisia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 83 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
56 of its 124 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Minsk accounted for 41 of Belarus' 56 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 21 of Minsk's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).
37 of its 149 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
53 of its 199 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
290 of its 843 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (111 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Israel (56 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Japan (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in Jamaica (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (733 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 18,861 stories about harm among 82,547 counted on 6 Jul.
For the second day running, the news turned to Georgia. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 82,547 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran about 4 times their usual in Japan's news. A year earlier, on 6 July 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Georgia stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%.
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 23 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 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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