We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
115 of its 208 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 79 of Lebanon's 115 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 80 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Khartoum accounted for 40 of Sudan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
255 of its 1,037 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 71 of Bangladesh's 128 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 60 of Dhaka's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 77 of Palestine's 106 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
140 of its 553 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Snowstorms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis and storms. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (200 stories). Heatwave was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Philippine accounted for 129 of the Philippines' 203 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Oil spill was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 91 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Russia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Germany (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Philippines (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Palestine (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 16,475 stories about harm among 93,540 counted on 29 Jul.
In Russia's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 93,540 stories, as usual. Lebanon's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. On 30 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 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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