We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
36 of its 47 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Luanda accounted for 30 of Angola's 36 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 25 of Luanda's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
59 of its 138 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 31 of Iran's 59 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
633 of its 1,153 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dakhla accounted for 11 of Western Sahara's 11 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.
11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 4 of Guatemala City's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
440 of its 1,119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Power cuts were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
108 of its 199 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 43 of Kashmir's 108 stories about harm, carried by 31 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.
115 of its 273 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 61 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Spain (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Germany (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Japan (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in New Zealand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 18,484 stories about harm among 92,115 counted on 30 Jul.
In Angola, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 92,115 stories, as usual. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. the news turned to Angola for the second day running.
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 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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