We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Aleppo accounted for 985 of Syria's 1,539 stories about harm, carried by 763 outlets. 511 of Aleppo's 985 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (100 stories). Meningitis was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
228 of its 259 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Hajja accounted for 127 of Yemen's 228 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
799 of its 2,169 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Hepatitis was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
491 of its 676 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (324 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
79 of its 89 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Nouakchott accounted for 57 of Mauritania's 79 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 57 of Nouakchott's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories).
115 of its 134 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Bamako accounted for 74 of Mali's 115 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 60 of Bamako's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
61 of its 115 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 27 of Koinadugu's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
97 of its 114 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 21 of Brazzaville's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories).
341 of its 717 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (275 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
952 of its 2,802 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Switzerland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 53,446 stories about harm among 263,081 counted on 19 Aug.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 263,081 stories, below the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Bermuda's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 9 times their 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 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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