We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
152 of its 160 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Juba accounted for 132 of South Sudan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
341 of its 663 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 115 of Rome's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
198 of its 321 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (182 stories). Landslides were named in 176 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
1,467 of its 5,604 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (488 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
386 of its 677 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Brussels accounted for 364 of Belgium's 386 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
233 of its 316 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Pulwama accounted for 167 of Kashmir's 233 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
495 of its 641 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 400 of Afghanistan's 495 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
285 of its 456 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 112 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
322 of its 352 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in France (87 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Armenia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in US (3194 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Syria (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 34,232 stories about harm among 117,889 counted on 26 Aug.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 4 June 2017. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 117,889 stories, above the usual 23. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about three times the usual rate.
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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