We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
95 of its 158 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 72 of Haiti's 95 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. 49 of Port-au-Prince's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Earthquake was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
356 of its 992 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 226 of Russia's 356 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 152 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
75 of its 237 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
109 of its 234 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Stockholm accounted for 55 of Sweden's 109 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 28 of Stockholm's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
223 of its 383 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Niamey accounted for 174 of Niger's 223 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories).
367 of its 876 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Polio was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
56 of its 264 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
300 of its 1,229 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Vietnam (62 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in China (122 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in South Korea (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Aug. 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 21,058 stories about harm among 111,633 counted on 1 Aug.
In Haiti's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 111,633 stories, as usual. On 1 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. In Haiti, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. Over July, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in July 2022.
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 19 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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