We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
955 of its 1,081 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 700 of Iraq's 955 stories about harm, carried by 608 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (573 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
90 of its 152 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Cluj accounted for 83 of Romania's 90 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 77 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Bamako accounted for 54 of Mali's 66 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 54 of Bamako's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories).
1,107 of its 4,113 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Plague was named in 108 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with overdoses.
297 of its 807 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 97 of Johannesburg's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
375 of its 1,272 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (275 stories). Hunger 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.
630 of its 741 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 450 of Yemen's 630 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
322 of its 335 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 79 of Tahoua's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories).
217 of its 856 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Hurricane was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Rwanda (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (135 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); dengue in Malaysia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 35,916 stories about harm among 156,271 counted on 15 Oct.
In Greece's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 156,271 stories, as usual. Iraq's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 59%.
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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