We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
241 of its 272 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Juba accounted for 159 of South Sudan's 241 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. 157 of Juba's 159 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (200 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 219 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bamenda accounted for 117 of Cameroon's 178 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
163 of its 554 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Hypothermia was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
247 of its 331 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Rabat accounted for 185 of Morocco's 247 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (234 stories).
135 of its 158 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Menaka accounted for 122 of Mali's 135 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
229 of its 255 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Tripoli accounted for 219 of Libya's 229 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
12 of Kassala's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Chikungunya was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
92 of its 113 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tirana accounted for 92 of Albania's 92 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).
250 of its 492 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
92 of its 209 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Barbados (74 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 38,495 stories about harm among 210,966 counted on 26 Sep.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 27 July 2018. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of tropical storm ran about 7 times their usual in Barbados' news. of the day's 210,966 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.
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 18 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 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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