We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
510 of its 805 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Amman accounted for 371 of Jordan's 510 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (128 stories). Rabies was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
195 of its 308 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 177 of Uganda's 195 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. HIV was named in 144 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
36 of its 51 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 15 of Bamako's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
329 of its 895 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Plague was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
351 of its 408 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Budapest accounted for 332 of Hungary's 351 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (333 stories). Gas explosion was named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,870 of its 2,241 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Aleppo accounted for 1,617 of Syria's 1,870 stories about harm, carried by 944 outlets. Hunger was named in 114 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
452 of its 2,288 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 85 of Longjing's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought.
50 of its 105 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 44 of Helsinki's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories).
162 of its 189 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 107 of Sudan's 162 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
112 of its 506 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Fiji (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (109 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in China (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 31,807 stories about harm among 138,324 counted on 25 Sep.
Jordan stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 138,324 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Uganda's news, mentions of HIV ran about 9 times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 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 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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