We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
233 of its 275 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Ljubljana accounted for 231 of Slovenia's 233 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. 231 of Ljubljana's 231 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (231 stories).
762 of its 1,562 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 491 of Israel's 762 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 189 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Chikungunya was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with dengue.
269 of its 797 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (28 stories). Storms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
328 of its 402 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 4 of Ngaba's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
148 of its 250 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 39 of Phnom Penh's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
93 of its 107 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kaga Bandoro accounted for 81 of the Central African Republic's 93 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
551 of its 874 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 142 of Ramallah's 280 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (202 stories).
1,566 of its 2,547 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
285 of its 405 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Indonesia (228 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Iraq (158 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Cameroon (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Trinidad & Tobago (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 60,627 stories about harm among 256,960 counted on 19 Sep.
Slovenia stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 8%. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. In Indonesia's news, mentions of wildfires ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 256,960 stories, above the usual 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 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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