We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
231 of its 283 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Baghdad accounted for 93 of Iraq's 231 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories). Covid was named in 186 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tbilisi accounted for 24 of Georgia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 22 of Tbilisi's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kabul accounted for 127 of Afghanistan's 224 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
632 of its 1,300 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 161 of Kwazulu's 299 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Havana accounted for 206 of Cuba's 339 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. 193 of Havana's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
235 of its 1,036 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Road crashes were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Heavy rain was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 55 of Ethiopia's 65 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 83 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in France (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,266 stories about harm among 87,645 counted on 13 Jul.
Iraq's news mentioned Covid more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,645 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 July 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Iraq stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%.
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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