We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
623 of its 1,259 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 235 of Manila's 372 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Landslides were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
761 of its 972 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Sennwald accounted for 388 of Switzerland's 761 stories about harm, carried by 383 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (198 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
116 of its 292 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
29 of its 85 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 413 of Syria's 764 stories about harm, carried by 393 outlets. 220 of Aleppo's 413 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (137 stories). Heatstroke was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
292 of its 463 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Havana accounted for 272 of Cuba's 292 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
55 of its 96 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 39 of Kivu's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
397 of its 443 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Zinjibar accounted for 203 of Yemen's 397 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (214 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,255 of its 2,253 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 642 of Islamabad's 842 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (617 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
169 of its 182 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Sudan (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (175 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Cuba (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 33,801 stories about harm among 142,880 counted on 14 Aug.
Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines. In the Philippines, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 142,880 stories, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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