We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
424 of its 524 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 376 of Afghanistan's 424 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (266 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
121 of its 265 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 42 of Baku's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories).
99 of its 142 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 33 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
172 of its 254 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sirte accounted for 119 of Libya's 172 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
252 of its 276 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 184 of Somalia's 252 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
82 of its 256 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 62 of Stavanger's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
69 of its 137 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 18 of Yaounde's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).
23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Plague was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: plague in Madagascar (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Netherlands (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (126 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in El Salvador (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in U.S. Virgin Islands (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 42,190 stories about harm among 186,120 counted on 29 Sep.
Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 186,120 stories, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 29 September 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.
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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