We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
427 of its 521 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Amsterdam accounted for 405 of the Netherlands' 427 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
469 of its 1,281 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 361 of Chemnitz's 372 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
98 of its 230 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Drought was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone and storm surge.
63 of its 73 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
383 of its 414 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mogadishu accounted for 363 of Somalia's 383 stories about harm, carried by 502 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (197 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
258 of its 297 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tripoli accounted for 251 of Libya's 258 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (212 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
211 of its 306 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 64 of Lviv's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
231 of its 820 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (109 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 316 of Syria's 620 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (248 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Bahamas (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Israel (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Russia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,510 stories about harm among 97,937 counted on 2 Sep.
In the Netherlands, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 97,937 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and Palestine. the news turned to the Netherlands for the second day running. This week the news turned most often to Libya, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 much harsher 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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