We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
866 of its 1,948 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 624 of France's 866 stories about harm, carried by 642 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (681 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
72 of its 128 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 38 of Buea's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
110 of its 131 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
70 of its 148 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories).
112 of its 326 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Seoul accounted for 95 of South Korea's 112 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 79 of Seoul's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
127 of its 178 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
67 of Niger Delta's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Polio was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
56 of its 133 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 15 of Kwun Tong's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories).
65 of its 71 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Ambae accounted for 56 of Vanuatu's 65 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories).
126 of its 220 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Puerto Rico (109 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Germany (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Indonesia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Australia (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Oct. 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 19,862 stories about harm among 93,380 counted on 1 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 93,380 stories, below the usual 25. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in Puerto Rico's news. In France, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Sri Lanka, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them. Over September, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in September 2016.
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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