We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 64 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Khartoum accounted for 27 of Sudan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 14 of Khartoum's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
138 of its 371 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Outbreaks were named in 75 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with ebola and haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
92 of its 222 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (51 stories). Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
35 of its 49 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
165 of its 475 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Heatstroke was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
16 of its 23 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Cite Soleil accounted for 14 of Haiti's 16 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 41 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Baghdad accounted for 15 of Iraq's 21 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 41 of Bangladesh's 84 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
230 of its 735 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories).
53 of its 138 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Germany (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatstroke in Spain (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatstroke in UK (53 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); train derailment 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 18 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 16,096 stories about harm among 70,898 counted on 18 Jul.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Sudan. of the day's 70,898 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ghana's news mentioned outbreaks about 6 times as often as usual. On 18 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. In Sudan, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 60% is usual.
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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