We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
414 of its 499 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Amman accounted for 390 of Jordan's 414 stories about harm, carried by 389 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (314 stories). Building collapse was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
493 of its 558 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Idlib accounted for 422 of Syria's 493 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. 249 of Idlib's 422 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (188 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
75 of its 85 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tirana accounted for 69 of Albania's 75 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Earthquake was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
76 of its 88 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (60 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
139 of its 142 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Ougarou accounted for 124 of Burkina Faso's 139 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
271 of its 485 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Cairo accounted for 213 of Egypt's 271 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
115 of its 329 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 104 of Bucharest's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
81 of its 151 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
266 of its 556 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
354 of its 379 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Bamako accounted for 297 of Mali's 354 stories about harm, carried by 322 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (76 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Indonesia (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Mongolia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Sierra Leone (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Pakistan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 24,353 stories about harm among 103,581 counted on 12 Aug.
In Jordan, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 103,581 stories, above the usual 20. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Albania's news. On 12 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Albania, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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