We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 190 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Buea accounted for 130 of Cameroon's 147 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 127 of Buea's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
86 of its 120 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Algiers accounted for 77 of Algeria's 86 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
173 of its 318 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Storm surge was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hurricane and cyclone.
100 of its 119 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Nouakchott accounted for 96 of Mauritania's 100 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
47 of its 54 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Managua accounted for 38 of Nicaragua's 47 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 38 of Managua's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
213 of its 269 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 51 of Oromo's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 18 of Tegucigalpa's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
904 of its 1,379 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (54 stories). Avalanche was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
158 of its 411 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
267 of its 542 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Cairo accounted for 197 of Egypt's 267 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 110 of Cairo's 197 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Saudi Arabia (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in China (178 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Uganda (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in UK (206 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 37,106 stories about harm among 180,921 counted on 17 Sep.
In Algeria's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 180,921 stories, below the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. A year earlier, on 17 September 2017, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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