We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
199 of its 362 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Caracas accounted for 133 of Venezuela's 199 stories about harm, carried by 538 outlets. 112 of Caracas' 133 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (136 stories).
61 of its 187 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Illness was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
552 of its 1,169 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 354 of Russia's 552 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (368 stories).
212 of its 381 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 150 of Iran's 212 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
521 of its 1,524 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 95 of Abuja's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
124 of its 192 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Dhaka accounted for 63 of Bangladesh's 124 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 50 of Dhaka's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 69 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 85 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Beirut accounted for 34 of Lebanon's 44 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
69 of its 208 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 24 of Harare's 41 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (282 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Canada (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in China (16 of its stories, about three 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 18,265 stories about harm among 98,103 counted on 2 Aug.
The news turned to Venezuela for the fourth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 98,103 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US. India's news mentioned landslides about 4 times as often as usual. Venezuela's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%.
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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