We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
161 of its 410 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Lisbon accounted for 152 of Portugal's 161 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 145 of Lisbon's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories).
144 of its 259 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kigali accounted for 117 of Rwanda's 144 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Plane crash was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Port Salut accounted for 452 of Haiti's 1,038 stories about harm, carried by 528 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (334 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories).
595 of its 1,060 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 261 of Taif's 286 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (285 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
159 of its 212 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Juba accounted for 129 of South Sudan's 159 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
28 of its 49 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
505 of its 664 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 215 of Addis Ababa's 232 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
488 of its 631 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 63 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: whooping cough in Jordan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Netherlands (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kuwait (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dengue in Philippines (83 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plague in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Oct. 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 55,014 stories about harm among 245,853 counted on 10 Oct.
Portugal stood out: 39% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 245,853 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Rwanda's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US.
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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