We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
42 of its 77 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 18 of Copenhagen's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
260 of its 570 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (188 stories). Natural hazards were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
92 of its 130 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Baghdad accounted for 76 of Iraq's 92 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
88 of its 171 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bangkok accounted for 56 of Thailand's 88 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
316 of its 716 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 154 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
50 of its 117 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories).
18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
47 of its 120 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
86 of its 158 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jakarta accounted for 40 of Indonesia's 86 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Hong Kong (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in India (138 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Haiti (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,952 stories about harm among 76,885 counted on 19 Jul.
Denmark stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 76,885 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In New Zealand's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. On 19 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 23 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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