We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
60 of its 93 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Nukus accounted for 33 of Uzbekistan's 60 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 26 of Nukus' 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
286 of its 395 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Copenhagen accounted for 271 of Denmark's 286 stories about harm, carried by 651 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
186 of its 473 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Avalanche was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.
63 of its 187 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 92 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jenin accounted for 32 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
431 of its 1,505 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Flooding was named in 132 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and landslides.
Tehran accounted for 42 of Iran's 60 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Covid was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 50 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 4 of Tripoli's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
46 of its 119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
11 of its 29 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (132 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Iran (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Türkiye (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Russia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 12,899 stories about harm among 55,712 counted on 4 Jul.
In Uzbekistan, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 55,712 stories, above the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Uzbekistan. On 4 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 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 harsher 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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