We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
186 of its 257 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 105 of Kashmir's 186 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
297 of its 636 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Hanoi accounted for 246 of Vietnam's 297 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories). 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.
91 of its 205 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 32 of Choco's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
481 of its 599 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Havana accounted for 462 of Cuba's 481 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (426 stories).
522 of its 2,091 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 246 of Paris' 402 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,167 of its 1,366 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
653 of its 1,192 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (149 stories). Cyclone was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
390 of its 1,108 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (263 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 83 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 21 of Algiers' 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories).
305 of its 821 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (191 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Zimbabwe (148 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in New Zealand (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Spain (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 47,043 stories about harm among 210,721 counted on 13 Sep.
Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 210,721 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bolivia. On 13 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 22 today. In Kashmir, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% 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 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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