We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
117 of its 197 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Mulanje accounted for 66 of Malawi's 117 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 169 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Budapest accounted for 61 of Hungary's 74 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories).
55 of its 74 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 37 of Tunisia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories).
369 of its 1,121 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
159 of its 245 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
217 of its 689 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Gas explosion was named in 91 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
49 of its 191 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
121 of its 416 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 126 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Fiji (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Ghana (91 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (219 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Taiwan (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Tonga (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 43,240 stories about harm among 199,368 counted on 10 Oct.
Of the day's 199,368 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. On 10 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as 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 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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