We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
282 of its 608 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jakarta accounted for 191 of Indonesia's 282 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. 129 of Jakarta's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
315 of its 490 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lisbon accounted for 187 of Portugal's 315 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (301 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
73 of its 89 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Antananarivo accounted for 40 of Madagascar's 73 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
668 of its 743 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Mogadishu accounted for 626 of Somalia's 668 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
112 of its 260 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
68 of its 171 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 47 of Buenos Aires' 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).
63 of its 75 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
152 of its 249 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
335 of its 395 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mandalay accounted for 278 of Myanmar's 335 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
49 of its 124 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Hepatitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.
Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Morocco (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Tonga (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Puerto Rico (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Egypt (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 43,451 stories about harm among 200,966 counted on 18 Oct.
Mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual in Morocco's news. On 18 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today. Indonesia stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 200,966 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23.
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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