We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
182 of its 305 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Copenhagen accounted for 157 of Denmark's 182 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. 137 of Copenhagen's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
232 of its 541 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
255 of its 300 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 93 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Medenine accounted for 61 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories).
116 of its 265 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 51 of Buenos Aires' 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Drought was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
120 of its 195 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Phnom Penh accounted for 90 of Cambodia's 120 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 77 of Phnom Penh's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
574 of its 1,782 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 365 of Harare's 511 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (243 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
155 of its 355 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
547 of its 963 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (261 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.
79 of its 150 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (67 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Senegal (28 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malawi (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Aug. 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 38,796 stories about harm among 210,847 counted on 1 Aug.
Denmark stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. Mentions of the cholera ran about 5 times their usual in Yemen's news. On 1 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 210,847 stories, below the usual 20. Over July, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in July 2017.
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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