We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
319 of its 515 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Taipei accounted for 295 of Taiwan's 319 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
235 of its 423 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Amman accounted for 186 of Jordan's 235 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.
144 of its 260 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 143 of Armenia's 144 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 130 of Yerevan's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories).
358 of its 907 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (207 stories). Drought was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
183 of its 491 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 170 of Bucharest's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
195 of its 230 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Bamako accounted for 141 of Mali's 195 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
243 of its 483 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 108 of Dhaka's 168 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
273 of its 560 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
120 of its 204 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 107 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Gambia (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in North Korea (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (77 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Libya (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 37,733 stories about harm among 183,752 counted on 13 Aug.
Taiwan stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 13%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 183,752 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Gambia's news, mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 13 August 2017, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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