We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
167 of its 290 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Caracas accounted for 124 of Venezuela's 167 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 85 of Caracas' 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
94 of its 315 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Storms were named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
195 of its 540 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 115 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
485 of its 599 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Deirezzor accounted for 256 of Syria's 485 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 191 of Deirezzor's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
154 of its 259 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 23 of Phnom Penh's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
26 of Oslo's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Landslides were named in 17 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.
129 of its 163 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
133 of its 169 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 84 of Haiti's 133 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
70 of its 170 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Germany (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Costa Rica (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (54 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Norway (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Belgium (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 42,808 stories about harm among 186,863 counted on 6 Oct.
Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Zimbabwe's news. In Venezuela, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 October 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. 23 in every 100 of the day's 186,863 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 24.
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 about as 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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