We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
151 of its 367 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 87 of Kenya's 151 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 69 of Nairobi's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Darfur accounted for 91 of Sudan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 57 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
189 of its 845 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Heatwave was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires, storms and heatstroke.
26 of its 65 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 8 of Havana's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 49 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
45 of its 109 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).
17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
24 of its 87 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (108 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in New Zealand (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greece (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Australia (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 21,343 stories about harm among 115,236 counted on 13 Jul.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Kenya. of the day's 115,236 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kenya stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. On 13 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 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 softer 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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