We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
273 of its 415 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ahrweiler accounted for 129 of Germany's 273 stories about harm, carried by 491 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (92 stories). Storms were named in 93 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 107 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bangkok accounted for 47 of Thailand's 63 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 25 of Bangkok's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
175 of its 323 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 108 of Israel's 175 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
73 of its 119 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 73 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (34 stories).
46 of its 119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 82 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
762 of its 2,225 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Landslides were named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse.
13 of Cairo's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Havana accounted for 50 of Cuba's 117 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 31 of Havana's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 68 of Afghanistan's 166 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Ghana (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Haiti (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in India (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 9,930 stories about harm among 38,973 counted on 18 Jul.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Germany. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 38,973 stories, above the usual 23. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Germany and the US. Germany stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 much harsher than 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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