We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
454 of its 546 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 373 of Afghanistan's 454 stories about harm, carried by 381 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (361 stories). Road crashes were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,103 of its 1,294 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 746 of Syria's 1,103 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. 461 of Aleppo's 746 stories were about protests or strikes. Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 126 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Tropical storm was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
259 of its 682 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and chikungunya.
119 of its 185 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Budapest accounted for 107 of Hungary's 119 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 106 of Budapest's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
82 of its 96 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Libreville accounted for 77 of Gabon's 82 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 43 of Libreville's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories).
510 of its 1,348 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 186 of Berlin's 331 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (368 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
818 of its 1,656 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (318 stories). Tsunami was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 101 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Peten accounted for 79 of Guatemala's 80 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 79 of Peten's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 44 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Madagascar (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Uganda (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Japan (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (123 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Sep. 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 31,392 stories about harm among 132,165 counted on 4 Sep.
Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 132,165 stories, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Gabon, on 3 of 7 days.
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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