We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
121 of its 166 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Abd el-Krim accounted for 111 of Morocco's 121 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 111 of Abd el-Krim's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories).
274 of its 352 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kathmandu accounted for 257 of Nepal's 274 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (255 stories).
98 of its 121 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 5 times its own usual.
80 of its 86 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Conakry accounted for 80 of Guinea's 80 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
40 of Beijing's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Meningitis was named in 10 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.
110 of its 139 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
102 of its 111 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. San Salvador accounted for 96 of el Salvador's 102 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Hurricane was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm, storms and heavy rain.
330 of its 464 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jakarta accounted for 281 of Indonesia's 330 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (150 stories).
150 of its 271 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
247 of its 532 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in El Salvador (101 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); helicopter crash in Afghanistan (149 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Italy (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Papua New Guinea (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Cuba (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 26,356 stories about harm among 116,362 counted on 28 Oct.
In Morocco, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 116,362 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 October 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 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 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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