We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
208 of its 249 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bakassi accounted for 148 of Cameroon's 208 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
322 of its 471 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Amman accounted for 230 of Jordan's 322 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (290 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
306 of its 624 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Amsterdam accounted for 267 of the Netherlands' 306 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (267 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
449 of its 772 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 132 of Istanbul's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
86 of its 98 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lustica accounted for 81 of Montenegro's 86 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
936 of its 1,200 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Caracas accounted for 845 of Venezuela's 936 stories about harm, carried by 514 outlets. 703 of Caracas' 845 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (734 stories).
12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Diphtheria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with whooping cough.
62 of its 198 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Heavy rain was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
878 of its 2,618 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (174 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,002 of its 4,055 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Storms were named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Armenia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Barbados (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Equatorial Guinea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Vietnam (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Poland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Jul. 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 38,526 stories about harm among 172,095 counted on 17 Jul.
Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Armenia's news. of the day's 172,095 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Cameroon stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. A year earlier, on 17 July 2016, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.
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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