We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
598 of its 653 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Havana accounted for 443 of Cuba's 598 stories about harm, carried by 396 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (360 stories). Cyclone was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
39 of its 49 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. South Ossetia accounted for 39 of Georgia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 39 of South Ossetia's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Cholera was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
399 of its 578 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cartagena accounted for 268 of Colombia's 399 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (190 stories).
147 of its 192 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Long Island accounted for 103 of the Bahamas' 147 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Tsunami was named in 55 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.
150 of its 177 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Arakan accounted for 104 of Myanmar's 150 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. 77 of Arakan's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
780 of its 991 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 124 of Teknaf's 230 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (155 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
258 of its 695 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (204 stories). Drought was named in 157 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave and road crashes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
384 of its 1,611 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 161 of Beijing's 209 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
284 of its 441 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 110 of Hebron's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Italy (157 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Bahamas (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (1938 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 35,273 stories about harm among 108,351 counted on 10 Sep.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed in all 619 days held. Stories about people being harmed made up 33 in every 100 of the day's 108,351 stories, above the usual 26. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Cuba. In Italy's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Colombia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 6 of them.
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 much 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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