We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,208 of its 1,929 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Harare accounted for 1,050 of Zimbabwe's 1,208 stories about harm, carried by 790 outlets. 857 of Harare's 1,050 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (435 stories). Landslides were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
308 of its 350 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Hodeida accounted for 173 of Yemen's 308 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (153 stories). Cholera was named in 133 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with diphtheria. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
141 of its 242 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Ebola was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
228 of its 420 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
460 of its 518 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 276 of Afghanistan's 460 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
208 of its 400 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 157 of Bangladesh's 208 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. 134 of Dhaka's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
285 of its 613 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 250 of North Korea's 285 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories).
181 of its 450 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (74 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
52 of its 75 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
175 of its 422 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Armenia (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kyrgyzstan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Venezuela (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 36,184 stories about harm among 196,933 counted on 3 Aug.
In Uganda's news, mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 196,933 stories, below the usual 20. It was the second day running that the news turned to Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. On 3 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 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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