We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
478 of its 705 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 271 of Haiti's 478 stories about harm, carried by 646 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
123 of its 345 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dubai accounted for 116 of the United Arab Emirates' 123 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 140 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
72 of its 125 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 42 of Iraq's 72 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
5 of Rosendal's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
9 of Madrid's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in US (601 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,120 stories about harm among 90,106 counted on 8 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 90,106 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and Nigeria. A year earlier, on 8 July 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Haiti, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual.
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 22 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 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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