We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
620 of its 934 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bogota accounted for 529 of Colombia's 620 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
80 of its 164 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 28 of Manama's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
59 of its 72 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
331 of its 581 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Ramallah accounted for 226 of Palestine's 331 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories).
617 of its 1,515 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Seoul accounted for 520 of South Korea's 617 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. 424 of Seoul's 520 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (409 stories).
137 of its 171 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Khartoum accounted for 80 of Sudan's 137 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
373 of its 502 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
130 of its 187 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
63 of its 145 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
985 of its 2,286 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (274 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Bangladesh (194 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Barbados (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Haiti (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Sep. 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 52,040 stories about harm among 212,393 counted on 7 Sep.
On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 212,393 stories, as usual. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 7 September 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Colombia stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%.
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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