We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 188 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bangkok accounted for 76 of Thailand's 79 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
706 of its 1,859 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (362 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 236 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 66 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
22 of its 52 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 188 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
80 of its 132 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 51 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 169 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 141 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Belize (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in US (267 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatstroke in Canada (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 14,598 stories about harm among 75,284 counted on 14 Jul.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 19 in every 100 of the day's 75,284 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Thailand. Belize's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. Thailand's news was 42% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.
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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