We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
518 of its 857 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Ahrweiler accounted for 208 of Germany's 518 stories about harm, carried by 449 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Landslides were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts, drownings and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 89 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Minsk accounted for 30 of Belarus' 44 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. 16 of Minsk's 30 stories were about protests or strikes.
Tigray accounted for 43 of Ethiopia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 64 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
100 of its 176 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Havana accounted for 96 of Cuba's 236 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. 85 of Havana's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 122 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories).
29 of its 57 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
491 of its 1,189 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (263 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Belgium (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in UK (51 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 19,777 stories about harm among 83,854 counted on 16 Jul.
Germany stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 24 in every 100 of the day's 83,854 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Germany. Germany's news mentioned landslides about three times as often as usual. On 16 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 24 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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