We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
463 of its 880 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 262 of the Philippines' 463 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Earthquake was named in 339 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, typhoon and tsunami.
19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 6 of Butembo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 35 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Afgoye accounted for 17 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
105 of its 155 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kabul accounted for 56 of Afghanistan's 105 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Yangon accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 32 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. 14 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Colombo accounted for 51 of Sri Lanka's 83 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 38 of Colombo's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
41 of its 94 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
17 of its 49 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
44 of its 205 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in United Arab Emirates (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Bangladesh (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Malaysia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Ukraine (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 17,810 stories about harm among 83,193 counted on 27 Jul.
Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 83,193 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Philippines stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 27 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 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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