We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
251 of its 724 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 69 of Berlin's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (71 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
119 of its 168 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Amhara accounted for 91 of Ethiopia's 119 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
413 of its 578 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 254 of Egypt's 413 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (352 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 70 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of Beijing's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). HIV was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
585 of its 987 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Cholera was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks, ebola and plague.
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 16 of Minsk's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories).
619 of its 2,265 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Typhoon was named in 529 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, tropical storm and power cuts.
768 of its 1,817 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (142 stories). Cholera was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
749 of its 930 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Raqqa accounted for 463 of Syria's 749 stories about harm, carried by 504 outlets. Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (529 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Puerto Rico (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in China (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in US (405 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 26,124 stories about harm among 105,979 counted on 22 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 105,979 stories, above the usual 23. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the UK and the Philippines. In Germany, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 22 October 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. This week the news turned most often to Portugal, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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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