We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
186 of its 279 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Prague accounted for 177 of the Czechia's 186 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 125 of Prague's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
569 of its 826 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Trawniki accounted for 529 of Poland's 569 stories about harm, carried by 773 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (432 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
657 of its 1,337 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Heavy rain was named in 188 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hypothermia, avalanche and storms.
192 of its 262 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 68 of Phnom Penh's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
101 of its 210 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 55 of Kampala's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
98 of its 247 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
136 of its 372 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 67 of Tan Son Nhat's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 53 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
185 of its 495 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Drought was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave and tuberculosis.
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Iraq (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Nicaragua (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Croatia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (209 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 35,865 stories about harm among 182,014 counted on 21 Aug.
In the Czechia, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 182,014 stories, below the usual 21. On 21 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 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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