We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
188 of its 219 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bucharest accounted for 184 of Romania's 188 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. 171 of Bucharest's 184 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,989 of its 2,695 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Rome accounted for 1,257 of Italy's 1,989 stories about harm, carried by 942 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (304 stories). Landslides were named in 345 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.
92 of its 151 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Algiers accounted for 90 of Algeria's 92 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
234 of its 381 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).
118 of its 224 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Rabat accounted for 101 of Morocco's 118 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. 99 of Rabat's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
853 of its 980 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Aleppo accounted for 629 of Syria's 853 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
442 of its 488 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Sanaa accounted for 297 of Yemen's 442 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
209 of its 255 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
261 of its 518 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 115 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 31 of Manama's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Ireland (169 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Bolivia (27 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Malaysia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Australia (87 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 29,401 stories about harm among 137,910 counted on 30 Oct.
In Romania, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 137,910 stories, as usual. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Ireland's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. the news turned to Romania for the second day running. This week the news turned most often to Italy, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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