We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
635 of its 1,927 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (362 stories). Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
289 of its 765 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories). Landslides were named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
228 of its 528 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Niamey accounted for 161 of Niger's 228 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 164 of Israel's 256 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. 88 of Jerusalem's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
189 of its 392 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Athens accounted for 79 of Greece's 189 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
41 of its 53 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
25 of its 84 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 164 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and flooding.
19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 282 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Cyprus (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Tunisia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Taiwan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Türkiye (14 of its stories, about 4 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 21,090 stories about harm among 114,680 counted on 27 Jul.
The news turned to Ireland for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 114,680 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Philippines' news, mentions of landslides ran about 5 times their usual. Ireland stood out: 33% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. A year earlier, on 27 July 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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