We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
313 of its 789 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 225 of Russia's 313 stories about harm, carried by 637 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (124 stories). Hurricane was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
76 of its 142 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Narathiwat accounted for 53 of Thailand's 76 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 96 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 30 of Haiti's 68 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories).
Niamey accounted for 81 of Niger's 113 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. 47 of Niamey's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
45 of its 73 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ein el-Hilweh accounted for 26 of Lebanon's 45 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
360 of its 577 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 52 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 109 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Plane crash was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
26 of its 56 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (81 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in China (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Vietnam (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Iraq (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 10,233 stories about harm among 53,121 counted on 30 Jul.
The Philippines' news mentioned the typhoon about three times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 53,121 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 30 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. Russia stood out: 40% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 3 of 7 days.
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 much 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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