We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
122 of its 247 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Hunger was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
205 of its 357 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Yerevan accounted for 143 of Armenia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
94 of its 205 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 41 of Sandeng's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
137 of its 280 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Tropical storm was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
543 of its 960 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (356 stories). Hepatitis was named in 296 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,580 of its 3,465 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (806 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 300 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
311 of its 1,196 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Road crashes were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,600 of its 2,264 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
423 of its 743 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Nablus accounted for 318 of Palestine's 423 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (52 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in Saudi Arabia (296 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Mexico (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Belgium (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (112 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 60,224 stories about harm among 278,202 counted on 23 Aug.
Bermuda's news mentioned tropical storm about 4 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 278,202 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cambodia, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is 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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