We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 119 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 62 of Ayana's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Rabies was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
310 of its 382 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Yangon accounted for 219 of Myanmar's 310 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
221 of its 311 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Drownings were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
83 of its 179 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
321 of its 615 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Brussels accounted for 308 of Belgium's 321 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
364 of its 414 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mogadishu accounted for 293 of Somalia's 364 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. 237 of Mogadishu's 293 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
376 of its 412 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Sanaa accounted for 347 of Yemen's 376 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). 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.
869 of its 1,151 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 640 of Afghanistan's 869 stories about harm, carried by 400 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
110 of its 220 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 83 of Baku's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
264 of its 638 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (114 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (157 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Albania (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Bahamas (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (2802 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 44,677 stories about harm among 185,597 counted on 25 Aug.
Mentions of rabies ran more than ten times their usual in Ethiopia's news. of the day's 185,597 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Switzerland. In Ethiopia, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.
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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