We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 65 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 63 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Beirut accounted for 17 of Lebanon's 27 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
Colombo accounted for 139 of Sri Lanka's 188 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. 125 of Colombo's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 32 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets.
29 of its 41 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bamako accounted for 16 of Mali's 29 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
14 of Istanbul's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 15 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
303 of its 625 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
13 of its 32 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in UK (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in India (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 16,691 stories about harm among 78,107 counted on 15 Jul.
Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Brazil's news. of the day's 78,107 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Colombia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. A year earlier, on 15 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 softer 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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