We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
495 of its 780 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 401 of Bangladesh's 495 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (279 stories). Building collapse was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
84 of its 155 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 34 of Santiago's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 119 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Niamey accounted for 87 of Niger's 112 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). House fires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
304 of its 362 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bukoba accounted for 153 of Tanzania's 304 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,533 of its 5,902 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). House fires were named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with malaria and heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
238 of its 298 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Skopje accounted for 233 of North Macedonia's 238 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (202 stories).
456 of its 733 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
95 of its 105 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 3 of Libreville's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
376 of its 498 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (176 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Belgium (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (97 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in North Korea (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Thailand (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 35,158 stories about harm among 139,028 counted on 11 Sep.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 17 July 2016. of the day's 139,028 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Bangladesh. This week the news turned most often to Uruguay, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 much harsher 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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