We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
463 of its 541 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Tripoli accounted for 421 of Libya's 463 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. 269 of Tripoli's 421 stories were about protests or strikes. Natural hazards were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
305 of its 336 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Mogadishu accounted for 278 of Somalia's 305 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 103 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Plane crash was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
164 of its 300 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vienna accounted for 151 of Austria's 164 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
320 of its 706 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
749 of its 2,190 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (435 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
242 of its 349 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Phnom Penh accounted for 165 of Cambodia's 242 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
232 of its 296 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 186 of Sudan's 232 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories).
849 of its 2,650 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 532 of Moscow's 575 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (253 stories).
411 of its 541 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. 171 of Baghdad's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: haemorrhagic fever in Congo (51 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Guam (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (101 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Mali (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 40,801 stories about harm among 188,795 counted on 10 Sep.
Mentions of haemorrhagic fever ran about three times their usual in Congo's news. of the day's 188,795 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 10 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 22 today. Libya's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 71%.
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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