We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
271 of its 317 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 210 of Bangladesh's 271 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. 181 of Dhaka's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
271 of its 847 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (135 stories). Flooding was named in 106 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bridge collapse, heavy rain and landslides.
52 of its 82 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
149 of its 418 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 48 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 38 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories).
99 of its 152 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 78 of Kashmir's 99 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Tel Aviv accounted for 261 of Israel's 423 stories about harm, carried by 640 outlets. Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 24 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 6 of Minsk's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
16 of its 54 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
27 of its 117 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in India (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Israel (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 11,162 stories about harm among 58,212 counted on 20 Jul.
For the sixth day running, the news turned to Bangladesh. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 58,212 stories, as usual. Bangladesh's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. In China's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. On 21 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 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 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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