We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,137 of its 2,052 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Barcelona accounted for 942 of Spain's 1,137 stories about harm, carried by 661 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (664 stories). Train derailment was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 112 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Majuro accounted for 82 of the Marshall Islands' 83 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
276 of its 476 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 115 of Luanda's 184 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
27 of its 41 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
881 of its 1,665 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Poisoning was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
334 of its 464 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Tropical storm was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
62 of its 68 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
506 of its 886 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (202 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
514 of its 969 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Cairo accounted for 438 of Egypt's 514 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. 337 of Cairo's 438 stories were about protests or strikes.
423 of its 464 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Sanaa accounted for 383 of Yemen's 423 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Italy (236 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Denmark (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (445 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Zambia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 45,896 stories about harm among 205,491 counted on 23 Aug.
Of the day's 205,491 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 23 August 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 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.
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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