We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
47 of its 71 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 34 of Ethiopia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
59 of its 100 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Damascus accounted for 28 of Syria's 59 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 34 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 4 of Vilnius' 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
81 of its 152 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
52 of its 135 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 41 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 18 of Mozambique's 28 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tunis accounted for 50 of Tunisia's 65 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 28 of Tunis' 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Bermuda (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 20,893 stories about harm among 89,222 counted on 28 Jul.
Bermuda's news mentioned food poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 89,222 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 28 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 23 today. Ethiopia stood out: 66% 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 much softer 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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