We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
110 of its 176 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Phnom Penh accounted for 75 of Cambodia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 70 of Phnom Penh's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
249 of its 524 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Brussels accounted for 208 of Belgium's 249 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (228 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,073 of its 2,012 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Nairobi accounted for 768 of Kenya's 1,073 stories about harm, carried by 459 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (885 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
463 of its 1,219 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories). Hurricane was named in 349 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms, landslides and storm surge.
232 of its 331 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Beirut accounted for 154 of Lebanon's 232 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
60 of its 73 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. 7 of the Congo River's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
71 of its 103 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Cholera was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
401 of its 1,219 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
330 of its 1,503 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 104 of Moscow's 205 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).
672 of its 1,552 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (257 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in China (438 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Hong Kong (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); respiratory illness in Japan (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Sudan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 42,601 stories about harm among 202,241 counted on 8 Aug.
In Cambodia, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 202,241 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 5 times their usual in Mexico's news. A year earlier, on 8 August 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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 much softer 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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