We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
72 of its 101 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Antananarivo accounted for 67 of Madagascar's 72 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Wildfires were named in 38 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
79 of its 231 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
98 of its 281 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
42 of its 51 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Storm surge was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
62 of its 92 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
73 of its 81 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Srebrenica accounted for 70 of Bosnia's 73 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 134 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
100 of its 182 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Sirte accounted for 196 of Libya's 275 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 37 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Dominica (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Haiti (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Honduras (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Mexico (53 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Yemen (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 46,326 stories about harm among 195,017 counted on 4 Oct.
In Antigua & Barbuda's news, mentions of storm surge ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 195,017 stories, as usual. Madagascar's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Spain. A year earlier, on 4 October 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 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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