We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
177 of its 352 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Bucharest accounted for 160 of Romania's 177 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (167 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 107 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
291 of its 598 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,094 of its 1,486 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kutupalong accounted for 618 of Bangladesh's 1,094 stories about harm, carried by 454 outlets.
135 of its 170 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (118 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 55 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
103 of its 117 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Bujumbura accounted for 82 of Burundi's 103 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
215 of its 523 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 206 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (101 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Eritrea (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); oil spill in Norway (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Greece (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 51,622 stories about harm among 213,582 counted on 13 Sep.
In Romania, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 213,582 stories, below the usual 26. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Taiwan's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual. On 13 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 24 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 24 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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