We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
224 of its 391 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 57 of Rabat's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (133 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 175 of Yemen's 263 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Cholera was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
240 of its 456 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Buenos Aires accounted for 219 of Argentina's 240 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
1,055 of its 1,975 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (106 stories). Landslides were named in 169 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
389 of Bhopal's 687 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Ebola was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
179 of its 402 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
37 of its 46 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
73 of its 154 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
325 of its 540 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Caracas accounted for 285 of Venezuela's 325 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 268 of Caracas' 285 stories were about protests or strikes.
127 of its 193 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Yangon accounted for 99 of Myanmar's 127 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 78 of Yangon's 99 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: gas explosion in China (164 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Mexico (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Egypt (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Singapore (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 48,411 stories about harm among 248,307 counted on 31 Oct.
China's news mentioned gas explosion more than ten times as often as usual. Morocco's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 248,307 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.
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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