We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
172 of its 228 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dhaka accounted for 151 of Bangladesh's 172 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Plague was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
41 of its 52 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
46 of its 79 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tunis accounted for 29 of Tunisia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
77 of its 173 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Orebro accounted for 43 of Sweden's 77 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
344 of its 458 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 223 of Haiti's 344 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (264 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 102 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
54 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 54 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Israel (55 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Yemen (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Sweden (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 19,623 stories about harm among 84,333 counted on 9 Jul.
In South Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 84,333 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 9 July 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. In Bangladesh, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% 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 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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