We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
623 of its 923 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Accra accounted for 529 of Ghana's 623 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (420 stories). Gas explosion was named in 192 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
147 of its 195 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Casablanca accounted for 139 of Morocco's 147 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 135 of Casablanca's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 82 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Liepaja accounted for 77 of Latvia's 78 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 159 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Ebola was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
36 of its 47 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 27 of Kumba's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
347 of its 613 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 175 of Istanbul's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (186 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
262 of its 455 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
54 of its 136 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
436 of its 1,105 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 184 of Moscow's 296 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (269 stories).
81 of its 134 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Caracas accounted for 63 of Venezuela's 81 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (63 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Tonga (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in UK (301 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (1911 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Puerto Rico (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Fiji (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 26,798 stories about harm among 102,346 counted on 8 Oct.
Ghana stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 13%. Mentions of Ebola ran about 4 times their usual in Liberia's news. A year earlier, on 8 October 2016, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 102,346 stories, 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 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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