We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
52 of its 71 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Tamanrasset accounted for 37 of Algeria's 52 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
132 of its 207 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jammu accounted for 51 of Kashmir's 132 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Landslides were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
225 of its 539 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 123 of Kenya's 225 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. 100 of Nairobi's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
108 of its 261 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Pyongyang accounted for 62 of North Korea's 108 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
177 of its 418 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Athens accounted for 113 of Greece's 177 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories). Heatwave was named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
248 of its 828 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Heatwave was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought, typhoon and tropical storm. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 103 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Paphos' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
85 of its 129 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Damascus accounted for 54 of Syria's 85 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 56 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
101 of its 313 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 30 of Cairo's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in El Salvador (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greece (76 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Vietnam (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Colombia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Mexico (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 21,891 stories about harm among 118,761 counted on 19 Jul.
Algeria's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 118,761 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. el Salvador's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. On 19 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 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 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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