We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
122 of its 293 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Amsterdam accounted for 88 of the Netherlands' 122 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
87 of its 145 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghdad accounted for 47 of Iraq's 87 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 28 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 11 of Tbilisi's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
114 of its 227 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 154 of Haiti's 307 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 123 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 117 of Afghanistan's 219 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 71 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 34 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
17 of its 25 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 6 of Mbabane's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
56 of its 199 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (123 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in United Arab Emirates (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Jamaica (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (736 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Kenya (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 20,068 stories about harm among 90,493 counted on 7 Jul.
Netherlands stood out: 42% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 90,493 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. On 7 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 22 today.
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 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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