We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
647 of its 779 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Amsterdam accounted for 609 of the Netherlands' 647 stories about harm, carried by 709 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (471 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
299 of its 352 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kampala accounted for 278 of Uganda's 299 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. 190 of Kampala's 278 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
990 of its 1,722 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Unrwa accounted for 733 of Palestine's 990 stories about harm, carried by 485 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (676 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 113 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Food poisoning was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.
224 of its 340 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (99 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 113 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nouakchott accounted for 81 of Mauritania's 88 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
573 of its 1,305 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 280 of Chemnitz's 286 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (160 stories).
215 of its 399 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (165 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
106 of its 115 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. 56 of Managua's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
110 of its 189 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Lebanon (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Sep. 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 25,581 stories about harm among 116,891 counted on 1 Sep.
The Netherlands' news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 116,891 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Palestine and Germany. Mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Cuba's news. A year earlier, on 1 September 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Over August, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 in August 2017.
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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