We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
221 of its 419 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 131 of Iran's 221 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. 89 of Tehran's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
603 of its 1,385 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (235 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
55 of its 81 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 43 of Ethiopia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 46 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
315 of its 507 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Havana accounted for 166 of Cuba's 315 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. 155 of Havana's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
66 of its 103 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 13 of Nasiriyah's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Covid was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 72 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 15 of Minsk's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
294 of its 717 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 124 of Afghanistan's 330 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 120 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Iraq (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Germany (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Russia (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Australia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 20,584 stories about harm among 91,654 counted on 14 Jul.
22 in every 100 of the day's 91,654 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 July 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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