We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
183 of its 382 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 101 of Israel's 183 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
41 of its 76 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tunis accounted for 27 of Tunisia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
165 of its 665 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
127 of its 418 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 31 of Nairobi's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories).
Jenin accounted for 134 of Palestine's 159 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Storms were named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 49 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
36 of its 75 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Baghdad accounted for 26 of Iraq's 36 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets.
16 of its 33 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories).
89 of its 382 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Pakistan (63 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Vietnam (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,637 stories about harm among 107,093 counted on 7 Jul.
18 in every 100 of the day's 107,093 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 7 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 harsher 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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