We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
258 of its 307 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Eseka accounted for 125 of Cameroon's 258 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
137 of its 169 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Ouagadougou accounted for 108 of Burkina Faso's 137 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
2,202 of its 2,615 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kirkuk accounted for 1,352 of Iraq's 2,202 stories about harm, carried by 886 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (440 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
361 of its 1,556 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 96 of Rome's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
750 of its 2,657 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (75 stories). Earthquake was named in 481 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
335 of its 392 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Sanaa accounted for 175 of Yemen's 335 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
326 of its 383 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (165 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
189 of its 498 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Typhoon was named in 152 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and tropical storm.
69 of its 117 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria.
104 of its 161 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Hong Kong (152 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (481 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (524 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Angola (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Chile (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 52,525 stories about harm among 267,395 counted on 21 Oct.
In Cameroon, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Hong Kong's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 267,395 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 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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