We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
307 of its 358 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Shabwa accounted for 164 of Yemen's 307 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (48 stories). Drownings were named in 141 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,489 of its 2,777 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Paris accounted for 1,402 of France's 1,489 stories about harm, carried by 1,171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,306 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,377 of its 2,130 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Nairobi accounted for 795 of Kenya's 1,377 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (112 stories). Heavy rain was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
21 of its 28 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Kingstown accounted for 21 of St Vincent's 21 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 18 of Kingstown's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories).
25 of its 32 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dushanbe accounted for 23 of Tajikistan's 25 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
138 of its 299 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Accidents were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
56 of its 149 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Norovirus was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,612 of its 4,960 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,074 stories). Landslides were named in 171 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with power cuts and tornadoes.
70 of its 226 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
492 of its 1,221 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Hurricane was named in 360 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm, storms and flooding.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (360 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); norovirus in Botswana (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Guyana (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Italy (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 44,592 stories about harm among 211,407 counted on 9 Aug.
Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 211,407 stories, as usual. On 9 August 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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 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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