We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,000 of its 2,136 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Poisoning was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
484 of its 1,153 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Nairobi accounted for 367 of Kenya's 484 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. 294 of Nairobi's 367 stories were about protests or strikes. Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
168 of its 598 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
575 of its 1,369 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (419 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
668 of its 804 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 307 of Niger's 668 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (223 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
856 of its 4,713 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 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.
149 of its 423 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
206 of its 556 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
880 of its 1,047 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (257 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
84 of its 315 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Korea (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Nicaragua (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in South Korea (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 44,674 stories about harm among 214,199 counted on 24 Oct.
21 in every 100 of the day's 214,199 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. On 24 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 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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