We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
633 of its 806 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kampala accounted for 408 of Uganda's 633 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. 320 of Kampala's 408 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (367 stories).
190 of its 374 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Luhansk accounted for 138 of Ukraine's 190 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
74 of its 92 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jablanica accounted for 65 of Bosnia's 74 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
50 of its 189 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (28 stories). Poisoning was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
900 of its 2,061 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Trappes accounted for 824 of France's 900 stories about harm, carried by 842 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (252 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
195 of its 215 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 134 of Yemen's 195 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Diphtheria was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
141 of its 153 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
267 of its 349 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
887 of its 2,239 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (329 stories). Plague was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola.
133 of its 209 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 33 of Phnom Penh's 47 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: typhoon in South Korea (131 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (81 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (74 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in South Africa (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 39,025 stories about harm among 205,219 counted on 23 Aug.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Uganda. In Uganda, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. On 23 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. 19 in every 100 of the day's 205,219 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.
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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