We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,871 of its 2,207 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,061 of Syria's 1,871 stories about harm, carried by 672 outlets. 603 of Aleppo's 1,061 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
202 of its 204 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Diffa accounted for 156 of Niger's 202 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
117 of its 242 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
434 of its 1,818 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (187 stories). Storms were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and plane crash.
74 of its 79 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ouagadougou accounted for 71 of Burkina Faso's 74 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 71 of Ouagadougou's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories).
85 of its 98 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Montevideo accounted for 82 of Uruguay's 85 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 69 of Montevideo's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
196 of its 232 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rabat accounted for 184 of Morocco's 196 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 184 of Rabat's 184 stories were about protests or strikes.
308 of its 481 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cairo accounted for 245 of Egypt's 308 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. 167 of Cairo's 245 stories were about protests or strikes.
41 of its 41 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
786 of its 1,237 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (478 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Canada (179 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in North Korea (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hepatitis in Jordan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Yemen (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Nigeria (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 34,036 stories about harm among 152,107 counted on 17 Sep.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 152,107 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Niger. It was the second day running that the news turned to Syria. In Syria, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 75% is 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 about as 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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