We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
356 of its 544 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Hurghada accounted for 202 of Egypt's 356 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). Poisoning was named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
289 of its 461 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 51 of Kutupalong's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Diphtheria was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, cholera and hunger.
146 of its 274 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Poisoning was named in 131 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 157 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Vilnius accounted for 69 of Lithuania's 70 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).
163 of its 400 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
365 of its 828 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
340 of its 364 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Hodeida accounted for 179 of Yemen's 340 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
79 of its 175 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 50 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. 7 of Tallinn's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
169 of its 841 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Czechia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (3489 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); west nile virus in Greece (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 40,064 stories about harm among 194,204 counted on 24 Aug.
On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 194,204 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt. In Egypt, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 August 2017, 22 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 much softer than 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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