We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
177 of its 340 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Philippine accounted for 82 of the Philippines' 177 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Oil spill was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
226 of its 979 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Dhaka accounted for 54 of Bangladesh's 86 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 37 of Dhaka's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
278 of its 666 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 142 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 84 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 99 of Palestine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 52 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 75 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 34 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in France (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Palestine (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in India (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in US (90 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 10,482 stories about harm among 59,887 counted on 27 Jul.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 18 in every 100 of the day's 59,887 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Philippines, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 28 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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