We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
787 of its 818 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Eseka accounted for 336 of Cameroon's 787 stories about harm, carried by 551 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,257 of its 2,594 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kirkuk accounted for 1,309 of Iraq's 2,257 stories about harm, carried by 758 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,529 of its 6,500 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (221 stories). Train derailment was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with house fires. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 81 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Montevideo accounted for 61 of Uruguay's 68 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories).
40 of its 69 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (34 stories). Road crashes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
637 of its 1,953 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (123 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 125 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 56 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
196 of its 254 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (33 stories). Drownings were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
45 of its 60 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
377 of its 1,481 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (171 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Malawi (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Gambia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (46 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); helicopter crash in Russia (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 34,491 stories about harm among 155,886 counted on 22 Oct.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 155,886 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cameroon, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. It was the second day running that the news turned to Cameroon.
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 much 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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