We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
74 of its 92 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Caracas accounted for 41 of Venezuela's 74 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. 29 of Caracas' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
115 of its 192 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Hanoi accounted for 56 of Vietnam's 115 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Storms were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.
198 of its 309 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sweida accounted for 145 of Syria's 198 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 20 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 163 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Landslides were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
15 of its 51 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
86 of its 291 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Tropical storm was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
89 of its 131 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Gaza accounted for 74 of Palestine's 89 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in South Korea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in China (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 10,116 stories about harm among 50,850 counted on 19 Jul.
The news turned to Venezuela for the third day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 50,850 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. Vietnam's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. On 19 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 20 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 much 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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