We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
67 of its 92 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Zakho accounted for 30 of Iraq's 67 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
92 of its 278 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Athens accounted for 74 of Greece's 92 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories).
84 of its 219 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 38 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. 7 of Khartoum's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 87 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 52 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,704 of its 6,186 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (53 stories). Typhoon was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 97 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Gas explosion was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
82 of its 231 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Australia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 17,746 stories about harm among 82,198 counted on 20 Jul.
Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 82,198 stories, as usual. On 20 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 23 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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