We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 145 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 87 of Honduras' 133 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Drownings were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
58 of its 102 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Larnaca accounted for 56 of Cyprus' 58 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
587 of its 1,589 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 134 of Lahore's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (276 stories). Earthquake was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
466 of its 676 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
443 of its 466 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-de-Paix accounted for 333 of Haiti's 443 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
402 of its 513 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Baghdad accounted for 239 of Iraq's 402 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (262 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
605 of its 1,207 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Incheon accounted for 552 of South Korea's 605 stories about harm, carried by 778 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
52 of its 59 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 412 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 104 of Warsaw's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
87 of its 222 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Typhoon was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Oman (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in France (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Jamaica (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Netherlands (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malaysia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 37,573 stories about harm among 176,346 counted on 8 Oct.
In Oman's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 176,346 stories, as usual. Honduras' news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. A year earlier, on 8 October 2017, 26 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.
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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