We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
250 of its 334 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Siret accounted for 213 of Romania's 250 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (236 stories). Heatwave was named in 221 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings and landslides.
157 of its 181 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Pagak accounted for 132 of South Sudan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 111 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. 6 of the Congo River's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 122 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
488 of its 2,358 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 211 of Moscow's 313 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (231 stories). Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
992 of its 1,319 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Valencia accounted for 467 of Venezuela's 992 stories about harm, carried by 458 outlets. 390 of Valencia's 467 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
504 of its 1,094 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge.
135 of its 161 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Maungdaw accounted for 84 of Myanmar's 135 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories).
34 of its 69 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
501 of its 1,293 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (44 stories). Meningitis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Vietnam (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Namibia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Hong Kong (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Brazil (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Netherlands (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Aug. 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 38,071 stories about harm among 184,722 counted on 7 Aug.
Romania's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. In Romania's news, mentions of the heatwave ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 August 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. 21 in every 100 of the day's 184,722 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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