We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
320 of its 389 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Juba accounted for 271 of South Sudan's 320 stories about harm, carried by 296 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
892 of its 1,550 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nairobi accounted for 574 of Kenya's 892 stories about harm, carried by 355 outlets. 518 of Nairobi's 574 stories were about protests or strikes.
89 of its 216 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Heavy rain was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
151 of its 173 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Antananarivo accounted for 118 of Madagascar's 151 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 241 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
67 of its 83 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
113 of its 221 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
111 of its 133 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Bangassou accounted for 69 of the Central African Republic's 111 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
76 of its 177 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
592 of its 1,081 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 377 of Istanbul's 402 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Mongolia (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Italy (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 44,673 stories about harm among 221,519 counted on 25 Oct.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 11 August 2017. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the earthquake about 6 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 221,519 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. In South Sudan, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% 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 softer 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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