We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cite Soleil accounted for 17 of Haiti's 23 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 124 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Drought was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
28 of its 71 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Budapest accounted for 19 of Hungary's 28 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
414 of its 857 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Colombo accounted for 320 of Sri Lanka's 414 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. 286 of Colombo's 320 stories were about protests or strikes.
208 of its 493 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 25 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bamako accounted for 15 of Mali's 17 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).
7 of Gikongoro's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
5 of Almaty's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 49 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Minsk's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
54 of its 188 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Spain (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 17,871 stories about harm among 83,849 counted on 13 Jul.
Of the day's 83,849 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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