We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
530 of its 617 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bishkek accounted for 457 of Kyrgyzstan's 530 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (464 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
87 of its 131 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Magdeme accounted for 65 of Cameroon's 87 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
403 of its 935 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 253 of Harare's 313 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
318 of its 572 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 101 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Montevideo accounted for 63 of Uruguay's 67 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
182 of its 241 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tashkent accounted for 114 of Uzbekistan's 182 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
536 of its 596 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 482 of Somalia's 536 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (220 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
558 of its 927 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Dhaka accounted for 426 of Bangladesh's 558 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
558 of its 1,720 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (89 stories). Rubella was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and oil spill.
255 of its 579 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (205 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Hong Kong (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Kenya (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 59,570 stories about harm among 271,078 counted on 30 Aug.
Kyrgyzstan's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 271,078 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as 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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