We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 70 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 25 of Haiti's 40 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 17 of Port-au-Prince's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
95 of its 215 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Illness was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
216 of its 348 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Niamey accounted for 153 of Niger's 216 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories).
86 of its 384 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 63 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Typhoon was named in 187 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Dakar accounted for 28 of Senegal's 34 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Road crashes were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Drought was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with road crashes and dengue. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (187 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Portugal (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Vietnam (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,284 stories about harm among 117,195 counted on 2 Aug.
The news turned to Haiti for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 117,195 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In China's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual. On 2 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Haiti's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 44%.
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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