We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
139 of its 187 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (92 stories). Earthquake was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 71 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 27 of Syria's 45 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 12 of Sudan's 14 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 11 of Khartoum's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
21 of its 27 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bluefields accounted for 14 of Nicaragua's 21 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Hurricane was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, flooding and heavy rain.
250 of its 505 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (171 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
42 of its 99 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Dhaka accounted for 33 of Bangladesh's 74 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
214 of its 535 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 58 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 17 of Lebanon's 23 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Nicaragua (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Australia (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in China (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Hong Kong (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in UK (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 9,540 stories about harm among 41,599 counted on 2 Jul.
Iran's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 41,599 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In Iran, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. On 2 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, the same as 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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