We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
82 of its 121 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kathmandu accounted for 64 of Nepal's 82 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 120 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 36 of Uganda's 54 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 26 of Kampala's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories).
56 of its 107 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 55 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
412 of its 685 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 207 of the Philippines' 412 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Flooding was named in 121 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with oil spill and power cuts.
24 of its 28 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Nouakchott accounted for 21 of Mauritania's 24 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 73 of Bangladesh's 117 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 55 of Dhaka's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
79 of its 192 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Flooding was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with oil spill.
52 of its 78 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Taiwan (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Philippines (121 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plague in Italy (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Poland (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 19,231 stories about harm among 107,001 counted on 25 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 107,001 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Nepal for the second day running. Mentions of flooding ran about 8 times their usual in Taiwan's news. In Nepal, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual.
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 18 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 softer 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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