We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,174 of its 1,382 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Baghdad accounted for 919 of Iraq's 1,174 stories about harm, carried by 864 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Train derailment was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
232 of its 258 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Guatemala City accounted for 166 of Guatemala's 232 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (214 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
152 of its 361 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 98 of Lusaka's 127 stories were about protests or strikes. Drought was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
111 of its 249 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
398 of its 553 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Funchal accounted for 342 of Portugal's 398 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Heatwave was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
51 of its 121 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (27 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
94 of its 214 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
322 of its 1,363 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 162 of Seoul's 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (275 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (42 stories). Drownings were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 452 of Syria's 657 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Heatwave was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Kuwait (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in United Arab Emirates (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Panama (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in Zimbabwe (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Tunisia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 56,713 stories about harm among 277,899 counted on 10 Aug.
In Zambia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Iraq stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 67%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 277,899 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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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