We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
153 of its 265 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires were named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
295 of its 395 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 76 of Afghanistan's 295 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of Berlin's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
249 of its 497 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
69 of its 134 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Beirut accounted for 60 of Lebanon's 69 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 176 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heatwave.
14 of its 19 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
146 of its 267 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 95 of Iran's 146 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 45 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
55 of its 126 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Covid was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Hong Kong (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in India (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Aug. 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 16,079 stories about harm among 67,037 counted on 2 Aug.
Of the day's 67,037 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 2 August 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 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 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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