We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
592 of its 1,140 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Pyongyang accounted for 374 of North Korea's 592 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Drought was named in 146 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
77 of its 217 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 22 of Suva's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
65 of its 104 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
161 of its 295 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kathmandu accounted for 125 of Nepal's 161 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories).
81 of its 109 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Skopje accounted for 77 of North Macedonia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
422 of its 648 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 364 of Bangladesh's 422 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 228 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 20 of Santiago's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,957 of its 2,419 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,324 of Syria's 1,957 stories about harm, carried by 913 outlets. 826 of Aleppo's 1,324 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
184 of its 317 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
611 of its 2,129 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Puerto Rico (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Greece (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Maldives (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Taiwan (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); dengue 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 12 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 53,183 stories about harm among 245,434 counted on 12 Sep.
People falling ill were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 245,434 stories, as usual. Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Puerto Rico's news. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. North Korea stood out: 52% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%.
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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