We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 143 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Montevideo accounted for 90 of Uruguay's 92 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 70 of Montevideo's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories).
337 of its 748 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (183 stories). Train derailment was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
639 of its 1,138 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
249 of its 369 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Ogooue accounted for 148 of Gabon's 249 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).
236 of its 407 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Caracas accounted for 176 of Venezuela's 236 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. 142 of Caracas' 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (142 stories).
25 of its 81 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 12 of Riga's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Aleppo accounted for 1,068 of Syria's 1,627 stories about harm, carried by 759 outlets. 536 of Aleppo's 1,068 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (559 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,028 of its 2,457 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Norovirus was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning and storm surge.
596 of its 1,163 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 425 of Iran's 596 stories about harm, carried by 447 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
84 of its 225 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 55 of Yerevan's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Zambia (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Guatemala (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Sri Lanka (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Latvia (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Palestine (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 56,165 stories about harm among 284,804 counted on 7 Sep.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Switzerland. 20 in every 100 of the day's 284,804 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. For the second day running, the news turned to Uruguay. Uruguay stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. Mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual in Zambia's news.
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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