We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 129 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Almaty accounted for 56 of Kazakhstan's 59 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 167 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 34 of Kigali's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
60 of its 78 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Skopje accounted for 59 of North Macedonia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories).
63 of its 128 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
136 of its 290 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 96 of Guayaquil's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
186 of its 279 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
111 of its 185 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 32 of Bamenda's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories).
20 of its 53 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 13 of Bishkek's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
898 of its 2,462 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 449 of Barcelona's 525 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (631 stories).
563 of its 1,049 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Gaza accounted for 340 of Palestine's 563 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in Yemen (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Greece (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Zambia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Mexico (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 55,046 stories about harm among 208,886 counted on 3 Oct.
Kazakhstan's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 208,886 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 24. People injured were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Myanmar. Mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual in Yemen's news. On 3 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 26 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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