We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
87 of its 207 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Cairo accounted for 36 of Egypt's 87 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 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.
37 of its 48 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 15 of Somalia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 260 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dhaka accounted for 56 of Bangladesh's 135 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 12 of Myanmar's 20 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 9 of Yangon's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,813 of its 6,542 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (66 stories). Drownings were named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heatstroke, power cuts and typhoon.
9 of Khartoum's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 95 of Iran's 114 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Quito accounted for 12 of Ecuador's 18 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 11 of Quito's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
165 of its 494 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories).
34 of its 90 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Ghana (42 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Norway (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,948 stories about harm among 81,135 counted on 19 Jul.
Of the day's 81,135 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 19 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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