We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
341 of its 989 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 200 of Russia's 341 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
92 of its 201 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Stockholm accounted for 57 of Sweden's 92 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 41 of Stockholm's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 126 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Paphos accounted for 39 of Cyprus' 63 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Illness was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 57 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
486 of its 1,011 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (284 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
84 of its 135 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 44 of Haiti's 84 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories).
78 of its 185 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
55 of its 134 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 14 of Copenhagen's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 23 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 8 of Batumi's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Niamey accounted for 129 of Niger's 158 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. 98 of Niamey's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Vietnam (90 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in China (105 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 18,457 stories about harm among 100,213 counted on 31 Jul.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Russia. of the day's 100,213 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vietnam's news mentioned heavy rain about 7 times as often as usual. On 31 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today. In Russia, 34% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual.
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 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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