We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 134 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Yerevan accounted for 35 of Armenia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
105 of its 217 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.
14 of Beita's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 36 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
61 of its 110 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
44 of its 117 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 103 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 85 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 35 of Ethiopia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 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.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 4 of Managua's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Bangladesh (28 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Netherlands (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Lebanon (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Israel (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in US (227 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 19,710 stories about harm among 85,284 counted on 29 Jul.
Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Türkiye's news. of the day's 85,284 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 July 2020, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Armenia's news was 40% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%.
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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