We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 44 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Srebrenica accounted for 39 of Bosnia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 84 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 14 of Havana's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
107 of its 203 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Karachi accounted for 44 of Pakistan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories).
26 of its 74 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Prague accounted for 21 of the Czechia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
34 of its 65 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 34 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
37 of its 106 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and heatwave.
14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
45 of its 71 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
15 of its 66 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
309 of its 802 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (72 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.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kyrgyzstan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in UK (123 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in India (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 14,673 stories about harm among 68,232 counted on 11 Jul.
Bosnia stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 68,232 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 11 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 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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