We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 98 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dakar accounted for 54 of Senegal's 54 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 53 of Dakar's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
616 of its 725 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Raqqa accounted for 344 of Syria's 616 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Extreme cold was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
579 of its 2,281 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Train derailment was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
601 of its 1,192 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (165 stories). Cyclone was named in 145 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,653 of its 1,700 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 1,557 of Somalia's 1,653 stories about harm, carried by 1,238 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,342 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
263 of its 373 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 171 of Afghanistan's 263 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
316 of its 487 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Caracas accounted for 231 of Venezuela's 316 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (266 stories).
133 of its 272 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 124 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 8 of Warsaw's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories).
210 of its 385 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in US (2272 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Morocco (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Belgium (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in France (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in India (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 26,213 stories about harm among 106,569 counted on 15 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 106,569 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Senegal's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. In Senegal, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual.
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 much 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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