We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sanaa accounted for 12 of Yemen's 18 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
79 of its 165 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 9 of Monrovia's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
312 of its 722 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 148 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with volcanic eruption.
26 of its 62 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Rabat's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 19 of Haiti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
30 of its 71 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 9 of Lilongwe's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
158 of its 422 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. 8 of Yangon's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
358 of its 1,027 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Türkiye (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in India (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 17,586 stories about harm among 82,659 counted on 28 Jul.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 82,659 stories, as usual. Yemen's news was 95% about people being harmed, against a usual 59%. On 28 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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