We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
131 of its 197 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Pyongyang accounted for 115 of North Korea's 131 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
209 of its 265 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 179 of Sudan's 209 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories). Hunger was named in 179 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,188 of its 2,728 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bangkok accounted for 941 of Thailand's 1,188 stories about harm, carried by 620 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,034 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 59 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Montevideo accounted for 49 of Uruguay's 54 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
470 of its 790 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (243 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with whooping cough and hepatitis. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
1,716 of its 3,714 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (666 stories). Train derailment was named in 89 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
75 of its 90 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
49 of its 228 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 38 of Minsk's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
399 of its 1,691 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Rabies was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in Bermuda (145 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Haiti (183 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (147 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Canada (207 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 54,401 stories about harm among 269,621 counted on 14 Oct.
Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Sudan's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. North Korea stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 269,621 news stories were about people being harmed, below 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 softer 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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