We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 103 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Abyan accounted for 74 of Yemen's 92 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
53 of its 84 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 49 of Lebanon's 53 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 80 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kenscoff accounted for 52 of Haiti's 62 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 70 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. el Teniente accounted for 35 of Chile's 42 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories).
40 of its 123 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
46 of its 82 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
187 of its 291 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 135 of Palestine's 187 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (17 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); illness in Singapore (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Russia (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 14,432 stories about harm among 77,012 counted on 4 Aug.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 77,012 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Yemen for the second day running. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 10 times their usual in Bermuda's news. In Yemen, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual.
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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