We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
758 of its 894 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Balaroa accounted for 411 of Indonesia's 758 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Power cuts were named in 121 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
357 of its 421 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Idlib accounted for 177 of Syria's 357 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. 95 of Idlib's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
230 of its 269 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Ebola was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
152 of its 175 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Minsk accounted for 147 of Belarus' 152 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
671 of its 1,092 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (471 stories). Outbreaks were named in 104 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 91 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Yatenga accounted for 77 of Burkina Faso's 83 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of Banja's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
231 of its 469 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Pyongyang accounted for 228 of North Korea's 231 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories).
300 of its 328 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 21 of Libreville's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Greece (62 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Bosnia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Peru (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Poland (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Oct. 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 25,149 stories about harm among 114,989 counted on 6 Oct.
Greece's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 114,989 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 65% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 October 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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 22 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 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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