We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
140 of its 250 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Ayia Napa accounted for 131 of Cyprus' 140 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
41 of its 66 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 35 of Conakry's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
500 of its 554 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (294 stories). Heatstroke was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
257 of its 266 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
228 of its 429 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 65 of Alberto Fujimori's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 194 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 36 of Lusaka's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
48 of its 109 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 36 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
779 of its 1,678 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (394 stories). Meningitis was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.
158 of its 395 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Bangladesh (114 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Argentina (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Nigeria (168 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Yemen (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 61,150 stories about harm among 280,538 counted on 17 Aug.
Cyprus stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 280,538 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bangladesh's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Puerto Rico.
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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