We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
627 of its 1,419 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Moscow accounted for 495 of Russia's 627 stories about harm, carried by 470 outlets. 415 of Moscow's 495 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (419 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
261 of its 530 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Copenhagen accounted for 254 of Denmark's 261 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
165 of its 195 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sirte accounted for 96 of Libya's 165 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
284 of its 747 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (148 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with drought and tornadoes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
296 of its 355 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mandalay accounted for 238 of Myanmar's 296 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,573 of its 5,618 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (483 stories). Road crashes were named in 233 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
155 of its 321 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
254 of its 802 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
96 of its 99 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Majuro accounted for 90 of the Marshall Islands' 96 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 41 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Norway (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Spain (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Costa Rica (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Zimbabwe (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in South Africa (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 30,986 stories about harm among 115,547 counted on 7 Oct.
In Russia, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 October 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. 27 in every 100 of the day's 115,547 news stories were about people being harmed, above 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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