We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
110 of its 200 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bucharest accounted for 100 of Romania's 110 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
244 of its 418 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Road crashes were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
70 of its 99 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 432 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
65 of its 70 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ambae accounted for 47 of Vanuatu's 65 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories).
208 of its 285 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
157 of its 510 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 70 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 12 of Yaounde's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).
160 of its 337 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 129 of Egypt's 160 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (130 stories).
Idlib accounted for 129 of Syria's 281 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in U.S. Virgin Islands (66 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in Congo (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Portugal (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Germany (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (104 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 24,718 stories about harm among 105,256 counted on 30 Sep.
Romania's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 105,256 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 30 September 2016, 21 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 much 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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