We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
274 of Berlin's 480 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (460 stories). Earthquake was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
419 of its 759 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bali accounted for 230 of Indonesia's 419 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories).
64 of its 83 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
112 of its 602 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 28 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
443 of its 1,644 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
172 of its 576 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 59 of Harare's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
76 of Qardaha's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (185 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Sirte accounted for 144 of Libya's 178 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Chile (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Somalia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 38,531 stories about harm among 188,259 counted on 25 Sep.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 11 August 2017. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 188,259 stories, below the usual 26. It was the second day running that the news turned to Germany. In Chile's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 6 times their 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 harsher 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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