We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
431 of its 495 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (409 stories). Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 138 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rabat accounted for 65 of Morocco's 89 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 63 of Rabat's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories).
713 of its 1,987 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (159 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
57 of its 179 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
263 of its 280 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Bluefields accounted for 137 of Nicaragua's 263 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. 135 of Bluefields' 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
379 of its 486 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
173 of its 263 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
194 of its 234 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Heavy rain was named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
137 of its 179 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 108 of Somalia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
76 of its 255 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in New Caledonia (103 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Myanmar (95 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Czechia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Japan (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 42,057 stories about harm among 207,579 counted on 29 Aug.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Puerto Rico. of the day's 207,579 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. New Caledonia's news mentioned the tsunami about 10 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 29 August 2017, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Puerto Rico, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual.
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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