We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 144 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Copenhagen accounted for 56 of Denmark's 68 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 59 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 9 of Karakalpak's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
176 of its 551 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Avalanche was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought and heatwave.
71 of its 221 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
19 of its 43 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Algiers accounted for 16 of Algeria's 19 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
489 of its 1,717 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (54 stories). Heavy rain was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and power cuts.
19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
64 of its 216 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories).
72 of its 172 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Colombo accounted for 38 of Sri Lanka's 72 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Liberia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in South Africa (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 17,242 stories about harm among 74,541 counted on 5 Jul.
The news turned to Denmark for the third day running. 23 in every 100 of the day's 74,541 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ukraine. Denmark stood out: 47% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 5 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 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 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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