We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
647 of its 828 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Alexandria accounted for 381 of Egypt's 647 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (589 stories). Train derailment was named in 212 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
804 of its 1,458 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Nairobi accounted for 585 of Kenya's 804 stories about harm, carried by 442 outlets. 435 of Nairobi's 585 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
218 of its 468 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
77 of its 217 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
265 of its 612 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 93 of Tehran's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
389 of its 718 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Copenhagen accounted for 363 of Denmark's 389 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (357 stories).
159 of its 330 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
100 of its 159 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Polio was named in 13 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.
73 of its 92 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 32 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Guam (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Philippines (254 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Greece (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Albania (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 37,098 stories about harm among 188,599 counted on 11 Aug.
In Portugal's news, mentions of wildfires ran about 5 times their usual. Egypt stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 188,599 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 11 August 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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