We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
528 of its 1,033 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Harare accounted for 440 of Zimbabwe's 528 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 292 of Harare's 440 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
44 of its 66 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dakar accounted for 43 of Senegal's 44 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
318 of its 1,122 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Measles was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rubella. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
207 of its 344 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (139 stories). Heatstroke was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
188 of its 322 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Bogota accounted for 136 of Colombia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. 96 of Bogota's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
358 of its 579 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 127 of Dhaka's 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
186 of its 346 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Copenhagen accounted for 164 of Denmark's 186 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,043 of its 1,417 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
161 of its 349 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 89 of Buenos Aires' 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).
141 of its 495 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (157 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 43,444 stories about harm among 220,581 counted on 8 Aug.
Mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 220,581 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Zimbabwe stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. On 8 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 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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