We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,065 of its 2,409 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 1,015 of Syria's 2,065 stories about harm, carried by 713 outlets. 678 of Aleppo's 1,015 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,101 stories). Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
150 of its 166 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kaga-Bandoro accounted for 115 of the Central African Republic's 150 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
303 of its 516 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 185 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
605 of its 686 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jammu accounted for 345 of Kashmir's 605 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
226 of its 344 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ras Lanuf accounted for 159 of Libya's 226 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,148 of its 2,217 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Moscow accounted for 909 of Russia's 1,148 stories about harm, carried by 691 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories).
84 of its 186 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,330 of its 1,972 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
2,668 of its 7,215 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (557 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (135 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Bolivia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Canada (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Chile (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 37,452 stories about harm among 140,483 counted on 18 Sep.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 17 July 2016. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. 27 in every 100 of the day's 140,483 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. For the third day running, the news turned to Syria. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 4 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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