We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
221 of its 355 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Colombo accounted for 160 of Sri Lanka's 221 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. 148 of Colombo's 160 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 60 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tripoli accounted for 39 of Libya's 43 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 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.
86 of its 222 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
83 of its 113 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Damascus accounted for 45 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 55 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Bamako accounted for 38 of Mali's 44 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
68 of its 197 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
25 of its 56 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tunis accounted for 17 of Tunisia's 25 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 12 of Tunis' 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
13 of its 62 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 3 of Doha's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 52 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Portugal (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Ukraine (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatstroke in Canada (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 16,162 stories about harm among 75,613 counted on 22 Jul.
Of the day's 75,613 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 22 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, 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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