We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
711 of its 975 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Caracas accounted for 549 of Venezuela's 711 stories about harm, carried by 642 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (184 stories). Power cuts were named in 244 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
372 of its 491 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 241 of Uganda's 372 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (233 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
85 of its 110 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tripoli accounted for 80 of Libya's 85 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 86 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
173 of its 272 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 58 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Libreville accounted for 47 of Gabon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories).
182 of its 349 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
49 of its 114 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 32 of Casablanca's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (42 stories).
113 of its 134 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kismayo accounted for 94 of Somalia's 113 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
465 of its 843 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 352 of Harare's 382 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (107 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Colombia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Laos (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greenland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 39,859 stories about harm among 201,208 counted on 22 Aug.
Yemen's news mentioned the cholera about 6 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 201,208 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 August 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Venezuela stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 58%.
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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